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One of the most closely guarded secrets of World War II was the success of American code breakers in reading the messages of the Japanese armed forces and diplomatic service. The story of OP-20-G and how it helped the Navy win the war in the Pacificby one of the team of code breakers.
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The author worked at the center of the U.S. Navy's communications intelligence operation throughout WWII. Upon graduating from high school, he studied Japanese from a Buddhist priest. Soon after the US entered the war he war recruited and ordered to Washington for duty in OP-20-G, the secret unit responsible for reading and translating intercepted messages
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Deadly Magic: Communications Intelligence In World War II In The Pacific
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