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Posted On: 01/16/2019 10:31:59 AM
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He wasn't exactly a favorite of mine either.
"The first member of Congress to be called up was a young and lanky congressman from the Hill Country of Texas. An FDR and a New Deal man through and through. Lyndon Baines Johnson, was ordered to report in San Francisco for active duty at the 12th Naval District, with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. The day after FDR's address to Congress, Johnson went to see Admiral Chester Nimitz, also from the Hill Country of Texas, and ask Nimitz to sign paperwork placing him on active duty.
It wasn't as noble as it appeared. Johnson successfully wheedled and schemed and pulled strings to keep himself out of the war zone and off any ship; ultimately, he only saw the most minimal of duty, sometimes seeming more like a tourist in the Pacific than a fighting man in the Navy. He and his aide, John Connally, found time to tour nightclubs in California and hire a Hollywood photographer to take pictures of them in their Navy dress uniforms. After the war, the driven young congressman would prove his relentless ability to get what he wanted as a senator and then president."
The above is from "DECEMBER 1941 - 31 Days That Changed America And Saved The World" by Craig Shirley, pages 238 and 239.
This is a really good book y'all
DECEMBER 1941 BY CRAIG SHIRLEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpcvRfodVY
"The first member of Congress to be called up was a young and lanky congressman from the Hill Country of Texas. An FDR and a New Deal man through and through. Lyndon Baines Johnson, was ordered to report in San Francisco for active duty at the 12th Naval District, with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. The day after FDR's address to Congress, Johnson went to see Admiral Chester Nimitz, also from the Hill Country of Texas, and ask Nimitz to sign paperwork placing him on active duty.
It wasn't as noble as it appeared. Johnson successfully wheedled and schemed and pulled strings to keep himself out of the war zone and off any ship; ultimately, he only saw the most minimal of duty, sometimes seeming more like a tourist in the Pacific than a fighting man in the Navy. He and his aide, John Connally, found time to tour nightclubs in California and hire a Hollywood photographer to take pictures of them in their Navy dress uniforms. After the war, the driven young congressman would prove his relentless ability to get what he wanted as a senator and then president."
The above is from "DECEMBER 1941 - 31 Days That Changed America And Saved The World" by Craig Shirley, pages 238 and 239.
This is a really good book y'all
DECEMBER 1941 BY CRAIG SHIRLEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCpcvRfodVY
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