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OH 0989

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeHUDSPETH, C. M. (b. 1919)
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0989
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis experiences as a cryptographer in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to COMSOPAC at Noumea, New Caledonia; intricacies of sending and receiving various classifications of coded messages; ambush of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s plane, 1943.
Interviewer(s)John Daniels
Physical Description46 pp.
Terms of UseOpen