“CIC”
Combat Information Center. The place where all decisions to attack when, where, who, what type of attack to use, etc. When you see movies about these big, clear glass/plastic boards with positions of ships, etc. are and there are men plotting things on the big, glass boards.....those boards are in the CIC.
Ok. For awhile I was doing research on his service while he was on the Missouri.
It said his name and then CX
I found out through a navy friend that it was a special classification during WW2.
Chief-navy reserve with a special classification. That is what the “X” was for..I understand.
About the only other thing he talked about is that he had something to do with the catapult plane on ship.