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Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900 [1] – July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy 's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway .
Nov 6, 2012 · In Mar 1921, he married Elma Fay Aery. Two months later, he took a test at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, United States, soon succeeding in transferring into the regular navy at the rank of ensign.
Dec 19, 2022 · Who was Joseph Rochefort, the cryptanalyst who cracked the Midway Code? Discover the story of Captain Rochefort, one of World War II’s greatest codebreakers.
Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900 – July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy 's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946, particularly in the Battle of Midway .
Joseph Rochefort Rochefort, who had not gone to the Naval Academy, was an outsider from the beginning of his naval career. He was still in high school when he enlisted in the Navy in 1918 with the goal of being a naval aviator.
Joseph J. Rochefort, shown here as a lieutenant, on 15 September 1934 (NH 64844). Rochefort was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1898 and enlisted in the Navy in 1918 with the intention of becoming a...
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Jan 26, 2024 · Joe Rochefort: Unsung Hero of World War II. This article appears in: June 2022. Eighty years ago this month, the U.S. Navy inflicted the decisive defeat of World War II in the Pacific against the marauding Japanese.
