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   Edwin T. Layton Jr. (1928–2009) was an American historian. He is best known for his work on the history of technology and engineering, in particular his book The revolt of the engineers: social responsibility and the American profession .

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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]

4. www.wearethemighty.com › popular › intelligenceMeet the intelligence officer who urged Nimitz to kill Yamamoto

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   Jul 20, 2021 · Edwin T. Layton, the intelligence officer who recommended that Yamamoto be taken out. ( U.S. Navy photo) In his memoirs, “And I Was There,” Layton related his service as a naval attache in Tokyo prior to the war.

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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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   Born and raised in Los Angeles, Edwin Thomas Layton Jr. rose above a childhood that left him with a sense of abandonment. His father and name-sake was an Annapolis-trained naval officer who became the head of intel-ligence for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, reaching the rank of rear admiral, and who

7. muse.jhu.edu › article › 381254Project MUSE - Looking Into the Mirror of Time: Reflections ...

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   Apr 2, 2010 · Looking into the mirror of time, back to the fall of 1975, the first reflection I see in my mind's eye is the image of Ed Layton's guardian angel—Albrecht Dürer's Melencolia —looking down from his office wall at the University of Minnesota.

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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 keep Layton?

   • Nimitz chose to retain Layton, who was one officer Nimitz kept by his side throughout the war. By April of 1943, Layton was still at Pearl Harbor when the message with Yamamoto's itinerary was decoded, but Rochefort had been sidelined from code-breaking by jealous Washington bureaucrats.

   Meet the intelligence officer who urged Nimitz to kill Yamamoto

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   Why did Layton tell Nimitz he met Yamamoto?

   • Layton, who had met Yamamoto a number of times in Japan and even played cards with him, told Nimitz about their past encounters when the Japanese commander's itinerary was decoded in April of 1943.

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   Did Layton know Yamamoto if he was shot down?

   • Layton, who had met Yamamoto a number of times in Japan and had even played cards with him, knew Yamamoto personally. He told Nimitz, 'Aside from the Emperor, probably no man in Japan is so important to civilian morale. And if he's shot down, it would demoralize the fighting Navy.'

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   Edwin T. Layton, Jr. (1929-2009) was president of the Society for the History of Technology and a professor of the history of science and technology at the University of Minnesota from 1975 until his retirement in 1998.