The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL posthumously to CAPTAIN Joseph J. Rochefort, United States Navy, for services set forth in the following citation: For exceptionally meritorious service…while serving…as Officer in Charge of the Combat Intelligence Unit (Station HYPO) from March 1942 through June 1942.
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CAPT George Paul McGinnis was born on May 11, 1919 in Iowa Park, Texas. He joined the Naval Reserve in 1941 and was called up shortly after Pearl Harbor.
May 11, 1983 – January 16, 2019
Born to Stephen and Mary Smith in Oswego, New York, Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent grew up in the small Hudson Valley town of Pine Plains, where she graduated as an honor student from Stissing Mountain Junior/Senior High School.
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A decade has passed since the establishment of the Cryptologic Warfare designations. This message serves to connect those modern designations to the proud and enduring heritage of the cryptologic community—a legacy forged through generations of silent service, innovation, and unwavering dedication to national defense.
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The steel decks of the battleship USS NEW MEXICO trembled beneath the thunder of war. Across the blood-soaked waters off Okinawa in the spring of 1945, death came screaming from the sky in the form of Japanese kamikaze aircraft—pilots on one-way missions of destruction. Amid the chaos, deep within the nerve center of Admiral Spruance’s flagship, one young American Sailor listened intently to the enemy.
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