Index for Series of Interviews with Vice Admiral Felix Johnson, U.S. Navy

Index

for

series of interviews

of

Vice Admiral Felix Johnson, U. S. Navy (Retired) Johnson

Adams, Dr. Arthur S. (Beanie): President of University of New

Hampshire - President of the American Council of Education,

p 206; influential in developing the Post WW II plans

for ROTC, p 208.

Adams, The Hon. Charles Francis: serves as skipper of the

Lambert yacht - ATLANTIC for the Spanish race of 1928 -

invites Johnson to be his navigator, p 55, 58; instrumental

in having Johnson become Flag Lieutenant to Admiral McVay,

CinC Asiatic, p 66; present for the commissioning of the

USS SPRINGFIELD, p l8l, 184.

ASIATIC FLEET: (see entries under USS PENGUIN - and YANGTZE

River Patrol) 2nd assignment of Johnson, p 53, 60; picture

of life in the fleet, late 1920's - p 71.

WOLFE, Dudley: owner of the MOHAWK (private yacht) - invites

Johnson to participate as his navigator, p 54 ff; rules

of race prevented a professional from serving, p 55-

BAXTER, Dr. Phinney: p 118.

BEARDALL, RADM John R.: former aide to FDR - becomes Superin-

tendent of the U. S. Naval Academy in 1942, p 131.

BEARY, VADM Donald B.: skipper of the DD SUMNER (1921), p 24-25-

Belknap, RADM Reginald: Skipper of the USS DELAWARE (1919),

p 12, 14.

USS BOUGAINVILLE: p 200-201.

BRAZIL: Johnson goes to join the Naval Mission - 1934, p 86;

duties, p 87; the Brazilian Navy, p 87-91; Brazilian customs, p 91; life in Rio, p 95-6. Johnson

Bristol, Adm. Mark: p 66-67.

BRYON, Lt. Comdr. Hamilton (Ham): skipper of the USS Paul

Jones with the Asiatic Fleet, p 63-4.

BU PERS: Johnson detached from the SPRINGFIELD at Okinawa

and returns to BuPers as Director of Plans and Policy

(Pers A), p 198; p 202; Johnson represents BuPers before

Congressional Committees, p 203; task of selecting new

site for PG school, p 203 ff; Johnson's principal task to

sell Congress the amended ROTC plan for officer training,

p 207-9; BuPers and black officer advancement, p 210-211;

plans for demobilization after WW II, p 218 ff.

BURKE, ADM. Arleigh: Origin of his designation as '31-knot

Burke', p 146.

CARNEY, Adm. R. B.: p 48; Chief of Staff to Adm. Halsey -

orders Johnson to the staff to serve as liaison officer

between Halsey and Gen. MacArthur, p 150-1, p 156-7;

Johnson’s estimate of him, p 171.

USS CASTOR (ex-CHALLENGE) - general stores issue ship, p 113;

Johnson takes command, p 115.

CHAMBERLAIN, General Steve: p 157.

CinC, SoPac: Johnson named as liaison between Halsey and

MacArthur, p 151; first duty to master South Pacific picture,

p 151, p 155-156; on first flight from Noumea to Guadalcanal

seaplane catches on fire, p 152-3; reports to MacArthur staff

on Dec. 21, 1943, p 156; future schedule as liaison, p 157-8;

Johnson named as Naval Aide to Gen. MacArthur for the landing

at Hollandia, p 159-165; after Hollandia Johnson

Johnson ordered home to command a cruiser, p 165.

CLAMBAKE CLUB: p 257.

COCOS ISLANDS: p 106; Johnson in DD LANG directed by FDR to

make a survey of the islands, p 108.

Cole, The Hon. W. Sterling (STub): Member of Congress from

New York, p 212-213.

DARDEN, The Hon. Colgate: helps with the ROTC plan in Congress,

p 212;

DAVIS, The Hon, Dwight: p 70.

DD Force, Atlantic Fleet: Johnson assumes command, p 252 ff;

involvement with Atlantic hurricane, p 253-4; training of

reserves, p 254-5; the reserve fleet, p 255-6; fleet

exercises, p 258-9.

DEERFIELD ACADEMY: p 119-120.

USS DELAWARE: first assignment for Johnson (1919), p 12;

Adm. Belknap is skipper, p 12; loss of crew to postwar (WW I)

retirements, p 13; recruiting in New England, p 13-14; staff

officers, p 15; Johnson's duties on board, p 16; acts as

troopship to withdraw U. S. Marines from Santo Domingo and

Haiti, p 19-20.

DEMOBILIZATION - after WW II: p 218; rules established, p 219;

Congressional deviation from the rule, p 219-222.

DENFELD, Adm. Louis: congratulates Johnson on ship handling,

p 64-5. Chief of Naval Personnel, p 216.

ELLSWORTH, Ernie: Ensign on the BB TENNESSEE - wins sail boat

contest in the fleet, p 83-4. Johnson

FECHTELER, Adm. Wm.: in command of naval forces at Hollandia

landings, p 164.

FINCHHAFEN: one of the three landings in the Hollandia operation

of General MacArthur, p 160-161, p 165.

FLETCHER, Adm. Frank Jack: p 110-111.

FORRESTAL, The Hon. James: SecNav (1946), p 237-239.

GRAHAM, Dr. Frank: President of the University of North Carolina,

p 127-8.

HEALEY, Lawrence: Number two man in operational intelligence,

ONI, p 266-7.

HOLLANDIA OPERATION: p 159; Nimitz supplies carrier coverage

for MacArthur, p 159-160; Kinkaid furnishes the USS NASHVILLE

as flagship for MacArthur, p 160; the General under fire on

the beach immediately after the landing, p 163; p 164.

HOLLOWAY, Adm. James L.: as Lieutenant Commander he ran a

secondary battery school on board the USS CALIFORNIA (1933)

p 80-1. President of the Holloway Board, p 207-8; p 211.

HOOVER, The Hon. J. Edgar: p 260; meets weekly with the

various directors of intelligence, p 264.

ICHANG: on the Yangtze at foot of the gorges, p 29-30.

INTELLIGENCE GATHERING: how the new Dept, of Defense Intelli-

gence set-up changed the picture, p 239-40.

Japanese NAVY: Observations on the Japanese Navy, 1929 - p 68 ff.

JOHNSON, Vice Admiral Felix L.: family background, p 1-4;

promotion to flag rank, p 214. Johnson

JOY, Adm. C. Turner: Ordnance Officer, Mine Depot, Yorktown, Va. (1931), p 73, p 271.

KAMIKAZE: First experience with one at Hollandia, p 192; attack on picket ships, p 195; p 197-8. KING ALFONSO: (1928) King of Spain comes on board the ATLANTIC

and invites the party to dinner at his palace in Santander, P 59. KINKAID: Adm. Thomas C.: p 158-9.

KOREAN WAR: need for intelligence officers, p 270-1.

Janada - a Brazilian fishing raft; p 96.

JONES, Admiral Cary: p 185, 191.

LAMBERT, Girard: President of the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company

and owner of the racing yacht ATLANTIC, p 55.

USS LANG: Johnson commissions a new DD, p 97-8; first exit

from New York harbor, p 99-100; escorts FDR on a cruise, p

101-3; joins the Pacific Fleet for exercise off Pearl

Harbor, p 109-111, 113.

LAWRENCE, John Endicott: Johnson forms friendship with him as

result of emergency landing in Pacific, p 152-4.

LEHRBAS, Col, Larry: Military aide to General MacArthur - former

representative of NEWSWEEK in Shanghai, p 162-3, 165.

LOUDERMILK, Dr. Walter: taught forestry at Nanking University -

1921, p 34.

MacARTHUR, General Douglas: p 70; p 152; Johnson's first meeting,

p 156; p 157-9; the Hollandia operation, p 159-165; his Johnson

talent for leadership, p 168; his courage, p 169; the

relationship of MacArthur and Halsey, p 168, 170-175.

MAGNUSON, Senator Warren: proposes Whidby Island as location

for the New PG School, p 206-7.

MANUS: p 175-177.

MARSHALL, The Rev. Peter: his Pearl Harbor day sermon at the

Naval Academy, p 129-130.

McVAY, Adm. Charles B.: Cine, Asiatic (1929), p 65-66; calls

on Gen. MacArthur, p 70.

MEEK, Samuel: PT representative from J. Walter Thompson agency

to the Navy, p 229-230; writes speech for Johnson to be

delivered at the Naval Academy p 230-1.

USS NASHVILLE: assigned as flagship for General MacArthur in

the Hollandia operation, p 160-1, p 164.

U. S. Naval Academy: Johnson's appointment to the Academy, p 4-6

reduced course because of WW I, p 7; restrictions to Naval

Academy life, p 8-10; training for diplomacy, p 21;

Johnson returns (June, 1926) for teaching duties in the

Navigation Department, p 41-42; p 44-45; 'saavy' sections, p

45-47; Academy standing, p 47-8; influence of Chapel

services, p 50-53; Johnson ordered to Academy as Aide to the

Superintendent and Secretary to the Academic Board (July,

1941), p 116; efforts at (and methods) of recruitment for

the Academy, p 117, ff; Blue and Gold officers, p 121; the Board of Visitors, p 126-129; with advent of WW II Johnson

problem of securing officers for Academy duty, p 130; p 132.

U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE: Johnson invited to become Assistant

Editor in 1926 - description of the staff, p 43-44.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE: Johnson becomes DNI (1949-1952), p 259 ff;

Foreign intelligence activities, p 261-3; weekly conferences

with the Navy, p 266; naval attaches, p 268; policy state-

ments, p 268-270; Korea and intelligence, p 271; Johnson

retires for health reasons on Sept. 1, 1952, p 272-3;

relationship with CIA, p 273-5; relationship with the State

Department, p 275; ONI runs an Intelligence school, p 276-8.

NAVAL RESERVE: p 116.

Navy PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR (1946): p 217; p 223 ff;

cruises for civilians, p 225-6; Congressional tours, p 227;

program to "sell Navy", p 228, p 235-6; use of the J.

Walter Thompson Agency, p 229-230; Combat Art, p 235;

Public Information, p 235; speech writers, p 240; aided in

Congressional Testimony on new Department of Defense, p 24l;

the Navy and Public Relations, p 242-3; Internal public

relations, p 244; Johnson not very happy in this assignment,

p 247-8; press relations of RADM Richard E.

Byrd, p 249; question of security, p 249-250.

USS NEVADA: used as cruise ship for midshipmen, p 45.

NEWPORT, R.I.: p 256-7.

NIMITZ, Fleet Admiral Chester W.: p 159-160; p 173; p 223,

238, 242. NUNN, RADM Ira: representative of JAG to Congressional Johnson

Committees, p 203, p 206. USS PAUL JONES: Johnson detailed to her as executive officer, p 63, 65.

USS PEGUIN - gunboat (ex North Sea mine layer): commissioned

for duty with the Asiatic Fleet, p 26; equipped with main

sail at Pearl Harbor to assist with the Pacific journey, p

27; Yangtze Patrol, p 28 ff; Johnson on board the second

time at beginning of 2nd tour of duty with Asiatic, p 63.

PG SCHOOL: selection of new site, p 203-206.

USS PIGEON: p 26, 28-29.

USS PITTSBURG: flagship of the Asiatic Fleet (1929) - Johnson

transferred to her as Flag Lieutenant, p 66; Johnson serves

for six weeks as flag secretary to Adm. Mark Bristol before

Adm. McVay arrives on station, p 66, 69.

USS PRESIDENT ADAMS: troop ship - Johnson as skipper before

the invasion of Bougainville, p 52-3. (attack transport):

Johnson named as skipper, 1943 - takes command in Noumea, p

138-9; escort protection for troop carrying mission,

p 139-1410; lands troops in Empress Augusta Bay,

Bougainville under enemy attack, p 145-7; Johnson makes

plans to bury the dead at sea, p 148-9; Johnson relieved of

command to go to staff of Cine, S. Pac, p 150-1; p 210.

REEVES, ADM. Joseph Mason: his week-end drill off Long Beach, California, p 78-9, 83, 85-6. Johnson

RICHARDSON, Adm. J. O.: p 109-110.

USS RIZAL: Asiatic Station, p 39; Johnson, at Manila, develops

many contacts with Army, p 4l.

Rockefeller, John D. Jr.: story of his initial interest in the

restoration of Williamsburg, Va., p 74-5.

ROOSEVELT, President F. D.: on a fishing expedition at sea

in USS TUSCALOOSA, p 102-3; his illegal lobster dinner,

p 104; second cruise, p 105-8.

SCOTT, RADM Norman: tells Johnson about the Spanish Yacht

race, p 54.

Selection - flag rank: a wartime technique, p 213-216.

SERVICE FLEET: valuable work in the Okinawa Operation, p 193-4.

SMITH, Gen. Bedell: p 273-4.

SMOOT, VADM, Roland: anonymous letter to BuPers about Smoot

and his command of the DD MONSSEN, p 230-234.

SPANAGEL, RADM Herman A.: head of the PG school at time a

new site was selected, p 203-4; p 206.

SPANISH OCEAN RACE: (1928) - Lambert gives permission for

Johnson to serve as navigator of the yacht ATLANTIC, p 56;

details of the race as seen from the yacht, p 57-62.

USS SPRINGFIELD: new light cruiser, commanded by Johnson, p 178-180

commissioning, p 181-2; the kamikaze attack off Okinawa, p 182-

3; the story of the Admiral's inspection of the crew’s messing

compartment, p 186; part of escort for FDR on the IOWA enroute to Yalta, p 187; damage control, p 189; Okinawa Johnson

campaign, p 191 ff; p 201, p 210.

USS STEWART: Reserve Fleet DD, p 18; maintenance duty, p 22-23.

USS SUMNER: Johnson to the west coast to join the SUMNER, p 24,

26.

SUTHERLAND, Lt. Gen. R. K.: Chief of Staff to Gen. MacArthur -

his protective methods, p 161-2, 174.

USS TENNESSEE: Johnson goes to her (1933) as assistant gunnery

officer, p 78 ff; athletics, p 83-4.

USS THATCHER: Johnson has duty on her for brief period to take

her out of commission, p 26.

TISDALE, RADM M. S.: Commandant of Midshipmen, 1942, p 133.

USS TUSCALOOSA: Cruise ship for FDR, p 102-106.

VINSON, THE Hon, Carl: p 128, p 206; helps with ROTC, p 211.

WATSON, Major General Edwin M. (Pa): aide to FDR, p 108.

WEEMS, Capt. P. V. H.: teaches in Navigation Department at

Academy (1926) - develops his system of Navigation, p 42.

WILSON, Adm. Russell: Superintendent of the Naval Academy (1941)-

Johnson serves as his senior aide, p 117; details of his

duties, p 117 ff; leaves Naval Academy in Dec. 1941 to

become Chief of Staff to Adm. King, p 131.

YANGTZE PATROL: p 28-29 ff; escorting merchant ships, p 30-31;

protection of American missionaries, p 31; protecting U. S.

oil companies, p 32; protection of American consulate

at Ichang, p 37-8; Johnson writes on subject for Naval

Institute - invited by Capt. Baldridge to become Assistant

Editor of PROCEEDINGS, p 43.

Johnson

YORKTOWN MINE DEPOT: Johnson ordered there as Mining Officer,

p 72 ff; duties of the Mining Officer, p 75-77.

US3 YOSEMITE: Repair Ship - stationed at Newport, flagship of

Commander, DD Force, p 252.