[Tax-chick]

When my father was Weapons Officer on Eisenhower, the senior medical officer was a psychiatrist. They shared a connecting bathroom in quarters, and Dad said the guy was bats ;-). Dad went tourizing with the dentist when they were in port. "Here's Dad at the Parthenon, with the dentist." "Here's Dad at Ephesus, with the dentist."

[johniegrad]

If this was in the time frame 1977-1984 or so, the medical officer in question would be Dr. Garry Holtzman, CAPT/MC/USN. He left Ike in about 1985 to become chair of the residency training program at Portsmouth Naval Hopsital where I was a resident at the time. He was very kind to me. I even rented his home for one year when he became detailer at BUMED. When it looked like I was going to serve 8 years without ever going to sea, Garry arranged for me to board Ike in JAX and ride her back to Norfolk. It was a great experience. If you dad is still alive, ask him if it was Garry. I can almost guarantee you that it was.