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.