TheCodeBreakers
Sea duty alternated with cryptologic work until, in March of 1941, he
went to Pearl Harbor with Admiral Kimmel as the cryptanalyst in
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a. fleet security unit. He immediately began working with the Combat
Intelligence Unit and in February of 1942 was formally transferred to it.
He was then 39, a broad-shouldered redhead with craggy features and
big hands whose strong resemblance to a tugboat captain—his nickname
is "Ham"—belies his gentle manner and his courtesy. He too remained in
cryptology throughout the war, winning the Legion of Merit; like Dyer he
stayed in it afterwards, winning a gold star to his Legion of Merit. He
retired in 1957.
With the entrance of the Rochefort group into the fray against jN25b,
the three Allied cryptanalytic units in the Pacific and OP-20-G in
Washington began working in the closest possible cooperation. Positive
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