Roy L. Johnson
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Admiral Roy Lee Johnson (March 18, 1906 March 20, 1999) served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, from 1965 1967. In his previous post as Commander, United States Seventh Fleet, he gave the orders to the USS Maddox (DD-731) and Turner Joy (DD-951) to return fire, in what became known as the Tonkin Gulf incident. Admiral Johnson was the first captain of the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) first of the new supercarrier, Forrestal-Class, commissioned in 1955.…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Admiral Roy Lee Johnson (March 18, 1906 March 20, 1999) served as Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, from 1965 1967. In his previous post as Commander, United States Seventh Fleet, he gave the orders to the USS Maddox (DD-731) and Turner Joy (DD-951) to return fire, in what became known as the Tonkin Gulf incident. Admiral Johnson was the first captain of the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) first of the new supercarrier, Forrestal-Class, commissioned in 1955. Born in Eunice, Louisiana to John Edward Johnson and the former Hetty Mae Long, Admiral Johnson was the eldest of 12 children. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy as a Midshipman on June 15, 1925. At Annapolis he played varsity baseball and was on the staff of academy yearbook, the Lucky Bag.