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| battles = | awards = | relations = | laterwork = }} 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 and to return fire, in what became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Admiral Johnson was the first captain of the first of the new supercarriers, commissioned in 1955. ==Early life and career== 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''. He graduated from the Naval Academy on June 6, 1929 and married the former Margaret Louise Gross (November 26, 1910 – July 4, 1998), on the same day. His first assignment as a junior officer was aboard the battleship . In May 1930, he was transferred to the battleship for duty on the Staff of Commander Battleship Divisions, Battle Fleet. During 1930, he underwent preliminary flight training at the Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. On January 28, 1931 he began flight training at the naval flight school at Naval Air Station Pensacola, known as the "Cradle of US Naval Aviation". One year later he was designated a Naval Aviator. In June 1940 he was ordered to Patrol Squadron Twelve and one year later on March 28, 1941 he was assigned to the Bureau of Aeronautics Navy Department in Washington, D.C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roy L. Johnson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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