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Messages sent between the USNCML in Dayton and the Naval Communications Annex at Nebraska Avenue, Washington

The text of messages, and the listing of messages sent between Dayton and Washington were a useful way to describe the struggle to get bombes up and running in the documentary Dayton Codebreakers. They form a dramatic narrative of the successes and failures of the NCR and Navy crew in 1942 and 1943. I’m including some key pages here, along with the personnel roster and glossary at the beginning of the listing.

The pages presented here are found at the National Archives and Records Administration at Silver Springs, Maryland. They are from Record Group 38, Box 184.

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Messages, Dayton to Washington

21 Jun, 02:45

21 June, 12:40

21 June, 15:50

21 June, 17:52

21 June, 18:03

21 June, 19:35

21 June, 20:20

21 June, 21:04

2 July, 17:05

19 July, 15:00

Sept. 1943

 

Messages, Washington to Dayton:

19 June

19 June, #2

19 June, #3

19 June, #4

19 June, #5

21 June

22 June