Given the question: What key details about melvin johnson can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: melvin maynard johnson jr. -lrb- august 1909 -- january 9 , 1965 -rrb- was an american designer of firearms , lawyer , and us marine corps officer . born into an affluent boston , massachusetts family , he was commissioned into the marine corps reserve in 1933 as a second lieutenant and completed harvard law school in 1934 . johnson designed a recoil-operated rifle -lrb- m1941 johnson rifle -rrb- while serving for the marines as an observer at the army 's springfield armory in 1935 . johnson received four u.s. patents on various design features . he also designed the johnson light machine gun , derived from the m1941 rifle , which was used in limited numbers during world war ii and the auto carbine , also derived from the m1941 rifle and m1941 light machine gun . johnson 's practice was to give all of his weapons a '' pet '' nickname : m1941 rifle '' betsy '' m1941 light machine gun '' emma '' m1947 auto carbine '' daisy mae '' in 1942 , he co-authored '' weapons for the future '' , a book in the infantry journal series . charles t. haven of the army ordnance corps was the other contributor . johnson worked tirelessly to promote his rifle and machine gun throughout the war . johnson transferred to the army ordnance corps reserve from the marine corps reserve in 1949 and rose to the rank of colonel . in 1949 , winchester bought the johnson automatics corporation and employed johnson for a short period . while at winchester , johnson was employed alongside '' carbine '' williams though it is unknown if they worked on the same projects . he was later appointed as weapons consultant to the secretary of defense in 1951 . johnson 's patents were used by armalite on the ar-10 , ar-15 , and later m16 rifles . johnson was hired by armalite as a consultant to promote their rifle incorporating his bolt design . later , johnson worked to improve the m1 carbine eventually developing the 5.7 mm spitfire cartridge in 1963 and starting johnson arms , inc. . the m1 carbine can be converted to use 5.7 mm spitfire by replacing...
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- death place is new york city- caption is melvin johnson- birth name is melvin maynard johnson jr.- death date is 09 january 1965- birth date is 6 august 1909- name is melvin johnson- birth place is boston , massachusetts , usa- occupation is marine , engineer