Frederick Bell was a LT serving as Flag Secretary and Operations Officer to VADM Thomas T. Craven.
Bell later went on to command the destroyer USS Grayson during the war, earning the Navy Cross during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in Aug 42. He retired as Rear Admiral.
Click here and here for two photos of Frederick Bell with other officers.
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