| Scope and content |
Scrapbook containing accounts of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, duty on USS Whitney (AD-4), and World War II mysteries of the code breakers. The bulk of this scrapbook contains information detailing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Several narratives detail the attack, including Johnson's firsthand description of his and his crewmate's experiences on the USS Whitney. The rest of the scrapbook is concerned with Johnson's suspicions concerning activities relating to codes, particularly the code-breaking operation ULTRA during World War II. Also referred to are the German code Enigma and descriptions of the Enigma keyboard; WAVE (Women in the U.S. Navy) participation in operation of the La Bomba code-breaking machines; information concerning the Purple and Magic codes; the locations of the main code-breaking stations; and the head of ULTRA operations, William Friedman. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Collection: Lloyd O. Johnson Papers (#677-021), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Lt. Cmdr. (Ret) Lloyd O. Johnson, USN. |
| Biographical note | Lloyd O. Johnson (1906-2005) retired from the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant commander in 1961. He then worked for the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City, and graduated from college in Staten Island, New York in 1972. |
