Oral History Interview with Dr. Hugh M. Ayer, February 4, 1998
Description:
Interview with Dr. Hugh M. Ayer, college professor and navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a member of FRUPAC (Fleet Radio Unit, Pacific) and the interception of Japanese naval codes in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Upbringing on a Kentucky tobacco farm; education; boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 1943; training as a naval radio operator, University of Chicago; assignment to Bainbridge Island, Washington, 1943; interception of Japanese naval communications; kat…
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Date:
February 4, 1998
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Ayer, Hugh M.
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UNT Oral History Program