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  • Code Breakers' Midway Role Recalled at Pensacola Ceremony

    06/05/2002 8:29:46 AM PDT · by jpthomas · 1 replies · 230+ views
    AP ^ | June 4, 2002 | Bill Kaczor
    PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Code breakers who played a crucial role in winning the first major U.S. victory of World War II were the focus of a ceremony Tuesday on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. The Navy's Blue Angels punctuated the event by leaving a trail of white smoke over Corry Station Naval Air Technical Training Center where Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force cryptographers learn their craft. The work of their World War II predecessors in breaking a Japanese code made it possible for a smaller U.S. naval force to ambush an enemy fleet on...