US Naval Hospital Corps School - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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COMMANDER CHARLES L. CRAWFORD Executive Officer- U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School Charles Lester Crawford, Medical Service Corps, USN, Executive Officer of the U. S. Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, was born in Altoona, Iowa, 7 April 1901, where he attended public schools, and where he was employed as a pharmacisfs apprentice until his enlistment in the Navy in April, 1919. He has had continuous service since then, except for three and a half months between his first and second enlistments. In 1934 he was appointed Pharmacist, Chief Pharmacist in 1940, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, Hospital Corps, 1942, Lieutenant, HC, 19443, Lieutenant Commander, HC, 1945, and Commander, MSC, 1952. During his enlisted service, 1919 to 1934, Commander Crawford trained at Great Lakes, saw general hospital corps duty at the Receiving Ship in Bremerton, San Francisco and New York, recruiting duty in Des Moines, served in Naval Hospitals at Pearl Harbor and Great Lakes, saw sea duty in the USS Seattle, USS Sands, USS Whitney, and USS Relief. From 1931 to 1935 he was Recorder for the Naval Examining Boards at the Washington, D. C., Medical School. Prior to World War II, Commander Crawford was ac- counting Officer at the USN Hospitals in Pensacola, Florida, and Canacao, P.l., and from 1939 to 1941 he was Instruc- tion Officer and Personnel Officer at the NH Corps School, Portsmouth, Va. He was Stores Issue Officer at the Brooklyn Naval Supply Depot when the U. S. entered the War. Commissioned a Lieutenant ljgl in 1942, he was ordered to the Naval Base at Rosneath, Scotland, where he served a year as Administrative Assistant to the Base Medical Offi- cer, and in June, 1943, he was made Administrative Assistant to the Force Medical Officer on the Staff of Commander, Naval Forces, North African waters. He held this post until April, 1944, and won the Bronze Star Medal with Combat ccxf as Following were tours as Administrative Assistant to the Medical Officer of First Naval District, Boston, and Medical Officer in Command at the Medical Center, Bethesda. His next tour was with the Armed Services Medical Regulating Office, where he served as Executive Officer, Deputy Chief and Chief. ln 1953 he was Medical Administrative Officer on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, and from Oc- tober, 1954, to October, 1957, he was Commanding Officer, USN School of Hospital Administration, Bethesda, where he earned a letter of commendation from Surgeon General Admiral Bartholomew W. Hogan. Commander Crawford is married to the former Agnes Clarke of St. Charles, Iowa. Their official address is 7705 13th Street, NW, Washington, D. C.