Navy Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of JOHN JOHNSON
JOHN JOHNSON ILION, N.Y./ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. - Mr. John Johnson, a longtime Ilion, N.Y., resident, passed away in Vermont on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Mr. Johnson was born in the town of Columbia, N.Y., a son of the late John and Victoria Johnson. He was educated in a oneroom schoolhouse. In 1943, at a very young age, he enlisted in the United States Navy, where he trained at the Naval Training Station in Samson, N.Y. He attended Armed Guard School in Norfolk, Va., and Brooklyn, N.Y. John served...