Bald Eagle Isbell

Chief Petty Officer "Bald Eagle" Isbell was an instructor at the U.S. Naval Training Base in Providence. He instructed George Enos, Jr. in gunnery, both with the old fashioned one pounder and the modern twin Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns. Isbell put in a recommendation to personnel that Enos receive specialist training in antiaircraft gunnery after Enos let slip his father had died when the USS Ericsson was illegally sunk and that his mother had killed Roger Kimball.

CPO Isbell was called the "Bald Eagle" behind his back by the recruits because he had only a fringe of grey hair on his head.