Yuki was a mixed breed dog found by President Johnson’s daughter, Luci Nugent, at a gas station in Texas on Thanksgiving Day in 1966, while on her way to the LBJ Ranch. Luci named the dog “Yuki”, which means “snow” in Japanese. At first, Yuki lived with Luci, but while visiting the White House, Yuki won the President’s heart and became his faithful companion. On the President’s birthday, August 27, 1967, Luci told her father that he could keep Yuki. When President Johnson left office on January 20, 1969, Yuki returned to LBJ Ranch with the President on Air Force One. After Johnson’s death in January 1973, Yuki went to live with Luci Johnson Nugent and her family. Yuki died in 1979.
Cell phone crop of a picture I spotted at the Newseum last week while I was in DC.
As you can see, LBJ was a big fan of dogs:
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