| Interviewee | AYER, Hugh M. (b. 1924) |
| Professions | College Professor and Administrator |
| Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1223 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | College professor and administrator. His experiences as a member of FRUPAC (Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific) and the interception of Japanese naval codes in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Upbringing on a Kentucky tobacco farm; education; boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 1943; training as a naval radio operator, University of Chicago; assignment to Bainbridge Island, Washington, 1943; interception of Japanese naval communications; katakana; Japanese call signs and communications signals; Japanese communications priorities; U. S. naval secrecy and security procedures; FOX broadcasts; Japanese circuits; search operations; interception of Soviet radio code; transfer to Station Wahiawa, Oahu, August, 1945; post-World War II career highlights. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 85 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
