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   Edwin Thomas Layton (April 7, 1903 – April 12, 1984) [1] was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Layton is most noted for his work as an intelligence officer before and during World War II. He was the father of the historian Edwin T. Layton, Jr. [2]

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   Mar 25, 2024 · The book's author is retired Rear Admiral Edwin Layton, United States Navy, although the final manuscript was completed after Layton's death by his associates, Retired Navy Captain Roger Pineau and John Costello, with substantial help and encouragement from Admiral Layton's widow, Miriam.

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   Commander Edwin Thomas Layton was the Fleet Intelligence Officer. His colleagues had regarded him as alarmist. He had been convinced the Japanese would attack the oil-rich Dutch East Indies and then, to protect the left flank of their sea lanes, would also strike the U.S. forces in the Philippines.

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   The papers of Edwin T. Layton, naval officer and intelligence specialist, were presented to the Naval War College Foundation for deposit in the Naval Historical Collection by his widow, Mrs. Miriam Layton of Carmel, California, in 1986 and 1987.

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   Jan 1, 2001 · Buy And I Was There : Breaking the Secrets - Pearl Harbor and Midway by Layton, Rear Admiral Edwin T. (ISBN: 9781568523477) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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   Jan 1, 1985 · Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton (USN-R) has written the most authoritative, illuminating, and probative study of the all-important intelligence campaign. This effort allowed the US military forces in the Pacific Theater to operate with an enviable level of situational awareness of enemy preparations, orders of battle, and intentions.

   • Author: Edwin T. Layton, Roger Pineau, John Costello

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   Who was Edwin Thomas Layton?

   • Edwin Thomas Layton (April 7, 1903 – April 12, 1984) [ 1 ] was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Layton is most noted for his work as an intelligence officer before and during World War II. He was the father of the historian Edwin T. Layton, Jr. [ 2 ]

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   Did intelligence officer Edwin Layton guide the way across the Pacific?

   • Intelligence officer Edwin Layton guided the way across the Pacific. Photo Credit: Layton intercepted Japanese Admiral Yamamoto’s itinerary. Army P-38s rose to shoot down the admiral’s plane on a inspection tour of Bougainville in 1943. Intelligence officer Edwin T. Layton had Nimitz’s ear, and guided the way across the Pacific.

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   Who was Admiral Layton and what did he do?

   • Layton became Fleet Intelligence Officer in December 1940. He worked for Admiral James O. Richardson, and then his successor, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. Layton gave daily briefings on Japanese military activity throughout the Pacific. This reunited him with Station Hypo’s boss, his old friend Commander Joseph Rochefort.

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   Why did Nimitz disagree with Layton?

   • Nimitz had good reasons to disagree. Layton had been Assistant Naval Attaché in Japan, and he spoke excellent Japanese. He knew the Japanese Navy’s chief strategist, Admiral Iso- roku Yamamoto, and the leader of the Pearl Harbor attack, Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. “I want you to be the Admiral Nagumo of my staff,” Nimitz told him.

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   Who were Joe Rochefort and Eddie Layton?

   • Joe Rochefort and Eddie Layton were close friends of long standing. They had studied the Japanese language together in Tokyo from 1929 to 1932. Here at Pearl Harbor they worked together in complete harmony, forming an almost perfect team. Rochefort gave Layton remarkably clear and reliable estimates and analyses.

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   How many boxes of research material does Layton have?

   • The collection consists of fifty-one boxes of research material, both published and unpublished, as well as a small collection of personal papers. Series I, published material, contains a variety of research materials collected by Layton.

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   Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, USN (Ret.), was the staff intelligence officer for the Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet from 7 December 1940 to the surrender of Japan.

   • Author: Edwin T. Layton, Roger Pineau