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Roy L. Johnson

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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 Maddox (DD-731) and Turner Joy (DD-951) to return fire, in what became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Admiral Johnson was the first captain of the Forrestal (CVA-59) first of the new supercarriers, commissioned in 1955

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SSG Leo Bell

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Thanks for sharing. He had a great career

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Col Joseph Lenertz

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Thanks SGT John " Mac " McConnell ! My brother Bob was an E-4 deck hand on the Forrestal in 1967.

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Thanks for sharing Col Joseph Lenertz

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LTC Stephen F.

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Thanks for mentioning Roy Lee Johnson and his role in what became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident which was the impetus for the USA to send ground forces to southeast Asia in the recent nation of Vietnam SGT John " Mac " McConnell. A decade before Vietnam had been part of French Indochina.

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