Military
- William Johnson (Royal Navy officer) (1784–1851), Scottish Naval Captain
- Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774), Major General in the British forces during the French and Indian War
- William Henry Johnson (1890–1945), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Johnson (Medal of Honor) (1855–1903), American recipient of the Medal of Honor
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“In all sincerity, we offer to the loved ones of all innocent victims over the past 25 years, abject and true remorse. No words of ours will compensate for the intolerable suffering they have undergone during the conflict.”
—Combined Loyalist Military Command. New York Times, p. A12 (October 14, l994)
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