Appointed Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve on 21 June 1940, Johnson reported for active duty on 9 December 1941, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He was ordered to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. After completing his training in Washington, Johnson proceeded to Headquarters, Twelfth Naval District, San Francisco, CA for inspection duty in the Pacific. While stationed in New Zealand and Australia, he worked as an observer of bomber missions in the South Pacific, for which he was later awarded the Army Silver Star Medal. Wonderful vintage sepia matte-finish 8 x 10 head and shoulders portrait of the future president in uniform, signed and inscribed in fountain pen 'For Miss Mary - 'The Fleet's In' Love, LBJ.' In fine condition, with a light area against his dark jacket inherent to the photo, a couple of light corner creases, a couple of stray ink marks and a tiny smudge to the signature. RRAuction COA.
