Matt BlazeApr 30, 2025

Julia Parsons, who worked on deciphering German Enigma traffic as a US Navy cryptologist in WW II, has died at the age of 104.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/world/julia-parsons-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Dk8.P_-G.KhlNj7GIVjhR&smid=url-share

Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104

Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.

The New York Times
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@mattblaze
Apparently there was a command that went out among German communications, that they needed to stop using dirty words for the codes, because young girls were doing the codebreaking on the other side...
...and they kept guessing the codes as a result.
Apr 30, 2025 at 10:14pmWeb