Much can be written about John, from his status as a very young (If not the youngest) Master Chief in the Navy, to his brilliant service with the 7th Fleet during the Vietnam War and subsequent to retirement, at the U.S. Commerce Department during the Reagan Administration as the leader of a renewed effort to strictly regulate export controls on high technology products.
He was a man of many talents, from exotic cookery to restoration of antique Austin Healey motor cars. John’s first wife died but not before leaving a remarkable son, John L. Young, III, an honor graduate of the Naval Academy who completed an honors program at MIT and who was recently selected for promotion to Captain in the U.S. Navy.
Fair winds and following seas shipmate.
Station HYPO 
3 January 2022 at 03:18
Mr. mariovulcano
I would like to express my gratitude on behalf of my Japanese relatives for praising John L. Young Jr.’s achievements in the military.
I’m Wataru Okubo.John L young Jr got married to my relative,actuall,his first wife is my aunt’s niece.
In 2019 summer,when my son visited the US ,he received a hearty welcome from John and stayed his home in Belo Beach, Florida for a few weeks.
I regularly got in touch with John by email. The last contact in 2020 was during the presidential election, I regret not contacting John for a year after that.
I sent him an email on December 28, 2021,however,I didn’t get a reply from him even though he usually sent me back mails right away.I became worried about him then searched for his name and navy keyword on the Internet. As the result,I found out your article and understood that John had passed away.
As a shipmate, thank you very much for telling Japanese relatives the truth about him.
God’s blessing
Thank you.
Wataru Okubo
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