William H. Johnson, Jr. was born in Blackduck, Minnesota and raised in Bemidji. In the summer he caddied at a golf course down the road from a mob compound frequented by Al Capone and he would watch the big, expensive cars cruise by. He entered the United States Naval Academy by congressional appointment and graduated in the class of 1944, serving in both the Pacific and later Korea. Always willing to speak his mind, Bill ran for office in 1958 for election to the California State Assembly and in 1964 for the United States Congress. After years of loyal season ticket buying, he was gratified to watch the Angels secure their first World Series title. Bill’s trunk has many political ephemera items and years of Angels’ baseball memorabilia. OpenTrunkMercantile.Etsy.com
