JOHN R. YOHO, CDR, USN
John Yoho '29
Lucky Bag
From the 1929 Lucky Bag:
JOHN RICHARD YOHO
The Dalles, Oregon
"Jawn" "Cousin"
AT THE tender age of seventeen, honest John, the rambling derelict, cut loose from his Oregon anchorage, and sailed free and unhampered into the Severn, where he dropped the hooks to linger. Tall, blonde, and bland, and possessing that intangible appeal which has invariably caused the tidal waves of emotion to rise in the hearts of the eternal feminine, his romances have bidden fair to take him above the apprentice class. When the bludgeons of fate have fallen all around us, our cousin has always displayed the most unruffled and oblivious tranquility — undisturbed and unfettered by Executives, Academics, and other paltry matters.
His early training on the Columbia River made it inevitable that his athletic tendencies should be along the lines of natatory sports, wherein he achieved marked distinction as a water polo player. And then in other fields, gentlemen — there came a day when the rough and rugged Westerner draped a bear-skin coat about his stalwart physique, set a derby hat over his ears at a rakish angle, swung a lacquered cane under his arm, and sauntered down Broadway amid the plaudits of the multitude — a veritable young Lochinvar.
When the traits of serenity, frankness, and big-heartedness are combined in one man in such abundance, it is only befitting that this man acquire unnumbered friends — and there is no other recourse but to foretell for him an aureate future. "Now take this-here juice problem — it is evident!"
Black N**. Class Football 4. Class Swimming 4. Class Water Polo 4. Crew 4. Gymkhana 4, 3. Hop Committee 1. Lucky Bag Staff. Water Polo 4, 3, 2, 1; NA 3, 2. Buzzard.
JOHN RICHARD YOHO
The Dalles, Oregon
"Jawn" "Cousin"
AT THE tender age of seventeen, honest John, the rambling derelict, cut loose from his Oregon anchorage, and sailed free and unhampered into the Severn, where he dropped the hooks to linger. Tall, blonde, and bland, and possessing that intangible appeal which has invariably caused the tidal waves of emotion to rise in the hearts of the eternal feminine, his romances have bidden fair to take him above the apprentice class. When the bludgeons of fate have fallen all around us, our cousin has always displayed the most unruffled and oblivious tranquility — undisturbed and unfettered by Executives, Academics, and other paltry matters.
His early training on the Columbia River made it inevitable that his athletic tendencies should be along the lines of natatory sports, wherein he achieved marked distinction as a water polo player. And then in other fields, gentlemen — there came a day when the rough and rugged Westerner draped a bear-skin coat about his stalwart physique, set a derby hat over his ears at a rakish angle, swung a lacquered cane under his arm, and sauntered down Broadway amid the plaudits of the multitude — a veritable young Lochinvar.
When the traits of serenity, frankness, and big-heartedness are combined in one man in such abundance, it is only befitting that this man acquire unnumbered friends — and there is no other recourse but to foretell for him an aureate future. "Now take this-here juice problem — it is evident!"
Black N**. Class Football 4. Class Swimming 4. Class Water Polo 4. Crew 4. Gymkhana 4, 3. Hop Committee 1. Lucky Bag Staff. Water Polo 4, 3, 2, 1; NA 3, 2. Buzzard.
Loss
John was lost on January 6, 1943 when the plane he was piloting crashed near Norfolk, Virginia. The other crewman aboard was also killed. John was commanding officer of Scouting Squadron (VS) 9.
Other Information
From researcher Kathy Franz:
John graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland in 1925. “But he, while his companion slept, was toiling upward in the night.” Class Prophecy, Year 1940: Lieutenant (junior grade) of the U. S. Navy, a graduate of Annapolis. Alias: Johnnie. Favorite Expression: “Haven’t got any.” Deed: Being a math shark.
In April, 1942, John was commanding officer at the Marine Corps stationed at Cherry Point, North Carolina. He wrote the parents of Seaman Louis C. Stephens, Monessen, Pennsylvania, that he died when his patrol plane crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, Virginia.
In 1910, his family lived in Seattle, Washington; and in 1920, his family lived in Akron, Ohio. His father was a building contractor there and a member of the lumber dealers association. That year, he filed for divorce from his wife Elsie who now lived in Portland. She later married Mr. Seubert.
He was survived by his wife, stepson, parents, and younger brother Jud Yoho, Jr. '36.
It's unclear why John's name appears so late on the Class of 1929 panel.
Photographs
From his high school yearbook
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Jud Yoho, Jr. '36 was lost a few months later when his submarine was sunk in the Pacific.
The next commanding officer of Scouting Squadron (VS) 9, Robert Donaldson '34, was lost barely a month later.
The "Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps" was published annually from 1815 through at least the 1970s; it provided rank, command or station, and occasionally billet until the beginning of World War II when command/station was no longer included. Scanned copies were reviewed and data entered from the mid-1840s through 1922, when more-frequent Navy Directories were available.
The Navy Directory was a publication that provided information on the command, billet, and rank of every active and retired naval officer. Single editions have been found online from January 1915 and March 1918, and then from three to six editions per year from 1923 through 1940; the final edition is from April 1941.
The entries in both series of documents are sometimes cryptic and confusing. They are often inconsistent, even within an edition, with the name of commands; this is especially true for aviation squadrons in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Alumni listed at the same command may or may not have had significant interactions; they could have shared a stateroom or workspace, stood many hours of watch together… or, especially at the larger commands, they might not have known each other at all. The information provides the opportunity to draw connections that are otherwise invisible, though, and gives a fuller view of the professional experiences of these alumni in Memorial Hall.
July 1929
October 1929
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Charles Signer '26 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
January 1930
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
April 1930
LT Arnold Isbell '21 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
ENS Robert Winters '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
October 1930
LT Paul Thompson '19
LT Irving Wiltsie '21
LTjg Matthias Marple, Jr. '23
LTjg Robert Larson '24
LTjg James McDonough '24
LTjg John Waldron '24
LTjg Charles McDonald '24
LTjg Richard Moss '24
January 1931
LT Paul Thompson '19
LT Irving Wiltsie '21
LTjg Matthias Marple, Jr. '23
LTjg Robert Larson '24
LTjg James McDonough '24
LTjg John Waldron '24
LTjg Charles McDonald '24
LTjg Richard Moss '24
LTjg John Duke '26
April 1931
July 1931
LT James Carney '21 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 2B)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Robert Winters '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
ENS Weldon Hamilton '28 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
ENS Baylies Clark '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Cleon Felton '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Allen '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
October 1931
LT James Carney '21 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 2B)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Harold Richards '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Robert Winters '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg John Riggs, Jr. '28 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
ENS Baylies Clark '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Craig '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Cleon Felton '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Allen '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
January 1932
LT James Carney '21 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 2B)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
1LT Donald Willis '24 (Scouting Squadron 15-M)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Robert Winters '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg John Riggs, Jr. '28 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
ENS Baylies Clark '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Craig '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Cleon Felton '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Edward Allen '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
April 1932
LT James Carney '21 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 2B)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
1LT Donald Willis '24 (Scouting Squadron 15-M)
LTjg Elmer Cooper '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Robert Winters '27 (Torpedo and Bombing Plane Squadron (VT) 1B)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
ENS Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
ENS Baylies Clark '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Craig '30 (USS Lexington)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
October 1932
LT William Sample '19 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Harry Brandenburger '21 (USS Lexington)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LT John Jones '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT William Ault '22 (Torpedo and Bombing Squadron (VT) 1S)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5S)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Albert Major, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
January 1933
LT William Sample '19 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT Harry Brandenburger '21 (USS Lexington)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LT John Jones '21 (Aircraft Squadrons)
LT William Ault '22 (Torpedo and Bombing Squadron (VT) 1S)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5S)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS Eugene Lytle, Jr. '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Albert Major, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
April 1933
LT Harry Brandenburger '21 (USS Lexington)
LT Edwin Crouch '21 (USS Lexington)
LT William Ault '22 (Torpedo and Bombing Squadron (VT) 1S)
LTjg Arthur Farrell '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Eugene Lindsey '27 (USS Lexington)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
ENS Walter Bailey '31 (USS Lexington)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Albert Major, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
July 1933
LTjg James McDonough '24 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Arthur Farrell '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
October 1933
LTjg James McDonough '24 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Arthur Farrell '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
ENS John Fairbanks, Jr. '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
April 1934
LTjg James McDonough '24 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Arthur Farrell '25 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
LTjg Henry Twohy '29 (Fighting Plane Squadron (VF) 5B)
ENS Daniel Gothie '32 (USS Lexington)
ENS William Thorn '32 (USS Lexington)
July 1934
October 1934
January 1935
April 1935
October 1935
January 1936
April 1936
July 1936
ENS Martin Ray, Jr. '34 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Jack Ferguson '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS George Lambert '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Hubert Harden '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
January 1937
ENS Martin Ray, Jr. '34 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Jack Ferguson '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS George Lambert '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Hubert Harden '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
April 1937
ENS Martin Ray, Jr. '34 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Jack Ferguson '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
September 1937
LTjg Martin Ray, Jr. '34 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS George Lambert '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Howard Nester, Jr. '37 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS James Andrea '37 (USS Pennsylvania)
January 1938
LTjg Martin Ray, Jr. '34 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS George Lambert '35 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS Howard Nester, Jr. '37 (USS Pennsylvania)
ENS James Andrea '37 (USS Pennsylvania)
July 1938
LT Gerald Dyson '27 (USS Saratoga)
LT William Pye, Jr. '28 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 3)
LTjg John Spiers '32 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 3)
LTjg Albert Major, Jr. '32 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 3)
LTjg George Nicol '34 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 3)
ENS William Hulson '36 (Aircraft, Battle Force)
ENS William Mason, Jr. '37 (USS Saratoga)
ENS John Black '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Osborne Wiseman '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS John Smith '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Keene Hammond '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Vincent Sim '38 (USS Saratoga)
January 1939
LT Gerald Dyson '27 (USS Saratoga)
LTjg John Spiers '32 (Fighting Squadron (VF) 3)
LTjg George Nicol '34 (Scouting Squadron (VS) 3)
ENS William Hulson '36 (Aircraft, Battle Force)
ENS Paul Riley '37 (USS Saratoga)
ENS John Black '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Osborne Wiseman '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS John Smith '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Keene Hammond '38 (USS Saratoga)
ENS Vincent Sim '38 (USS Saratoga)
October 1939
LT Renwick Calderhead '27 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LT Finley Hall '29 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
CAPT Paul Moret '30 (Training Squadron (VN) 3D8)
LT John Huntley '31 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg George Bellinger '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Martin Koivisto '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Daniel Gothie '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Dewitt Shumway '32 (Training Squadron (VN) 1D8)
LTjg Albert Major, Jr. '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg John McCormack, Jr. '33 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Archibald Stone, Jr. '34 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Wendell Froling '34 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
1LT James Crowther '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Francis Maher, Jr. '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Mark Eslick, Jr. '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Dewitt Harrell '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Webster Johnson '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Frank Robinson '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg John Hunter '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Walter Bayless '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Ralph Embree '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS James Mayes '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Harold Shrider '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Donald Patterson '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Raymond Moore '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Patrick Hart '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Paul Riley '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Thomas Edwards, Jr. '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Edward O'Hare '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Macdonald Thompson '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Howard Nester, Jr. '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
June 1940
LT Finley Hall '29 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LT Lance Massey '30 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LT Charles Ostrom '30 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg George Bellinger '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Martin Koivisto '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Daniel Gothie '32 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Dewitt Shumway '32 (Training Squadron (VN) 1D8)
1LT Floyd Parks '34 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Charles Ware '34 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Jack Ferguson '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Joel Davis, Jr. '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Francis Maher, Jr. '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg John Powers '35 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Frank Robinson '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg Roy Krogh '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg James Southerland, II '36 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Alexander Groves, II '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS James Mayes '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Harold Shrider '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Frank Henderson, Jr. '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Raymond Moore '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Paul Riley '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
LTjg John Thomas '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Thomas Edwards, Jr. '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Macdonald Thompson '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Howard Nester, Jr. '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
2LT Radford West '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS John Boal '37 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Harry Howell '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Howard Clark '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS William Brady '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
2LT John Maclaughlin, Jr. '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Donald Smith '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Frank Quady '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Richard Crommelin '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
2LT Dorrance Radcliffe '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
ENS Alphonse Minvielle '38 (Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida)
November 1940
CDR William Sample '19
LT William Pennewill '29
LT Finley Hall '29
LT Lance Massey '30
LT George Bellinger '32
LT Martin Koivisto '32
LT John Spiers '32
LT Daniel Gothie '32
LT Dewitt Shumway '32
LT Albert Major, Jr. '32
LTjg John Phillips, Jr. '33
ENS Frank Peterson '33
LTjg Charles Brewer '34
LTjg Walker Ethridge '34
CAPT Floyd Parks '34
LTjg Charles Ware '34
LTjg Frank Whitaker '34
LTjg Philip Torrey, Jr. '34
LTjg George Nicol '34
LTjg Victor Gadrow '35
LTjg John Powers '35
LTjg Allan Edmands '35
LTjg Roy Krogh '36
LTjg Porter Maxwell '36
LTjg Richard Hughes '37
LTjg Frank Henderson, Jr. '37
LTjg John Thomas '37
LTjg John Boal '37
ENS Harry Howell '38
ENS Eric Allen, Jr. '38
ENS James Ginn '38
ENS Oswald Zink '38
ENS Frank Case, Jr. '38
ENS Howard Fischer '38
ENS Edmundo Gandia '38
ENS Charles Reimann '38
ENS Howard Clark '38
ENS Roy Hale, Jr. '38
ENS Leonard Thornhill '38
ENS Osborne Wiseman '38
ENS John Eversole '38
ENS Jep Jonson '38
ENS Roy Green, Jr. '38
ENS Marion Dufilho '38
2LT James Owens '38
ENS William Brady '38
ENS Charles Anderson '38
ENS Carl Holmstrom '38
ENS Charles King '38
2LT John Maclaughlin, Jr. '38
ENS William Tate, Jr. '38
2LT Douglas Keeler '38
ENS Harry Bass '38
ENS John Kelley '38
ENS John Erickson '38
ENS William Lamberson '38
ENS Donald Smith '38
ENS Frank Quady '38
ENS Richard Crommelin '38
ENS Robert Seibels, Jr. '38
ENS Alphonse Minvielle '38
April 1941
LT William Pennewill '29
LT Finley Hall '29
LT William Sisko '31
LT George Bellinger '32
LT Martin Koivisto '32
LT John Spiers '32
LT Archibald Greenlee '32
LT Daniel Gothie '32
LT Albert Major, Jr. '32
LTjg John McCormack, Jr. '33
LTjg John Phillips, Jr. '33
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