Bataan (CVL 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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Administration L. to R.: SCIk Faster, Lt. Dwyer, Cdr. Arndt, Ltjg. Gaudio, Ens. Strandjord. The Administrative Department, or X Division, is headed by the Executive Officer. Under the Exec comes the Personnel Officer, LTJG. J. J. GAUDIO, who also is the Legal Officer. His assistant, ENS. P. E. STRANDJORD, acts as educational officer, also. Under this department can be found a number of offices. The Captain ' s Office handles Officer Personnel and highly classified cor- respondence of various nature. The Personnel, or Executive Officer ' s Office, has the interest of the some 1000 or so enlisted men as their prime goal. There the serv- ice records ore filed and kept up to date. Situated in the some office, but doing a different job, is the legal office. This office handles the Executive Officer ' s and Captain ' s Masts, courts-martial, housing, and personal problems. m T ' r a 5 ... , , . Front Row, L. to R.: Lanno, Welch, Cook, Lajiness, Stracener, Coates, Sawatzki, Schwartz, Bruel. Second Row: Chief O ' Connor, Fritz, Sylvester, Fergerson, Kauffman, Harvey, Jones, Needham, Lewis, Lt|g. Gaudio. Third Row: Hull, Jordan, McManus, Dunkum, Maloney, Stakias, Callahan, Woodward and Devall.