Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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vt Q. 'qlllkay I v 4? Ng is he x -- Q ,lllf WZ:-Ax Q f . sf va 2 M5 ll ' Q g ffl: COMMANDER JAMES M. JOHNSON Executive Officer Commander James M. Johnson, U. S. Navy, the Executive Officer of the USS BON HOMME RICHARD CCVA-315, has been in the U. S. Naval Service since 1941. He was commissioned Ensign and a Naval Aviator in 1942. The Executive Officer began his Navy flying career as a patrol plane commander in early 1942. During most of World War II he served with European based patrol squadrons and later a night fighter squadron in the Pacific theatre. Since that time he has had duty with various Naval aircraft squadrons, both conventional and jet. His shore duty in between consisted of a tour in the Bureau of Ordnance, Staff, Chief of Naval Air Basic Training Command, Pensacola, Florida, P o s t Graduate and General Line School at Monterey, California and finally just prior to serving aboard the USS BON HOMME RICHARD QCVA- 31J, a tour as Assistant Chief of Staff for Opera- tions on the Staff of the Commander Pacific Missile Range. In 1952f53, he was the Air Operations Offi- cer on the USS BON HOMME RICHARD CCVA- 31J which was then serving in the Korean theatre of action. As a direct result of such duty coming back to the USS BON HOMME RICHARD CCVA- 31J was like returning home for him. Commander Johnson attended the Missouri School of Mines where he majored in Mechanical Engineering. At present he is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Rocket Society. Among his awards are two Air Medals, Navy Unit Commendation, Korean and United Nations Medals, and the European and American Theatre Ribbons. He is married to the former Joan Pfarrer of Indianapolis, Indiana, and they now live in Point Loma, California.

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