An american hero (1 Viewer)

[valmy33]

Officer and gentleman, I have the same name as a city in France where the ship was built that led Lafayette in America.
Thanks to me, the U.S. Navy has come halfway in the Pacific War.

The gown is my uniform

Who am I?

 

[valmy33]

Officer and gentleman, I have the same name as a city in France where the shi, that led Lafayette in America, was built.
Thanks to me, the U.S. Navy has come halfway in the Pacific War.

The gown and slippers are my uniform

Who am I?

 

[Grognard]

It's Joe Rochefort. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rochefort

 

[valmy33]

It's Joe Rochefort. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rochefort

You're right. Unfortunatly, this man is an unknown hero in despite of his mainly discovery before the battle of midway. He broke the japanese code and let to know where the japanese fleet attacked.

Faithfully
Valmy

 

[Denver]

Was the code broken by Rochefort or
a staff member of his ?

 

[valmy33]

Was the code broken by Rochefort or
a staff member of his ?

Hi Denver,

The code was the JN 25, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy. In early 1942, it was broken by the US Navy (helped by the British and Dutch cryptographers). They have intercepted some messages and envisioned an attack on the Pacific but didn't know where (Midway, or other strategic base in the Pacific). Rochefort and his team had noticed that the intercepted messages resumed always the same encryption for a goal "AF".

Jasper Holmes, a naval officer, advised to Rochefort to send a false message about Midway (an installation out of order). Rochefort found that it was a good idea. He had the key for the code but wanted to be sure of this discovery. Bingo ! The message let to know that Rochefort was right and to know surely about the next target.

The end of the History is the sailors and aviators of the U.S. Navy, which is written.

Faithfully
Have a nice WE

Valmy