Dayton Codebreakers Personnel and their associates
The Personnel section of the site is currently the most active, and the most enjoyable for me to assemble. Thanks to growing interest in the story of the USNCML and Building 26, and the power of the Google Search Engine as people look for information about their family members, I'm receiving more and more updated information about veterans of the project.
Please note: because so many women know each other when they were single, I prefer to list women by their maiden name whenever possible.
In this section:
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Personnel Database: 387 NCR Identification badges from Bldg. 26, 1942 through 1945, are now online. These have been scanned, uploaded and linked to names in the database. Of those found so far, most are from the group of WAVES who arrived late April- early May 1943. Recently the sailors arriving Feb-Mar 1943 have been found. Scattered among these are visitors includng Joseph Eachus and Howard Engstrom. NB: This growing effort is managed by Debbie Anderson, and is vulnerable to human error. Your help is appreciated. Please inform me of any broken links or other errors.
WAVES: 406 entries NCR employees: 269 entries Navy: 98 entries Marine Guards: 25 entries - the NCR Electrical Research staff
- links to the IEEE Oral Histories taken in 1995:
- an interview with Capt. George McGinnis in 2003, and his obituary [under construction]
- an interview with Lou Sandor in 2004, and his obituary
- A sad addition to this section are obituaries as I acquire them. Contributions of notices are welcome. At this time I have: Bramlage, Carey, Eskey, Gulden, Henry, Lau, Mumma.
- the WAVES Oral histories taken in 2001 by the Montgomery County Historical Society at the direction of Claudia Watson. The WAVES include: Anderson and McKenzie, Bemis, Cheek, Goguen, Mackie, Precht.Unger, Urich.
- excerpts from an oral history by former WAVE Louise Pearsall Canby taken by her daughter [under construction]
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See also
--The WAVES of Sugar Camp
NCR News articles - personal photos
- Sugar Camp Regulations
The Personnel database itself has each name entry linked to all these items, plus the NCR News columns and NCR ID badges.
The Database
The Personnel database is an effort to make accessible a list of names of personnel gathered from many sources. The sources of information include the 1943 and 1944 Rosters of personnel, the NCR News, letters and memorabilia from the 1995 and 2001 Reunions, oral histories taken during the 2001 Reunion and various archival documents. Because so many records were destroyed at the end of the war (and even 35 years later) to preserve secrecy, the list will never be complete. In addition, human error creeps in from time to time, with misspellings, fuzzy images, and incorrect dates. Despite those drawbacks, the database now includes over 500 individiuals with 956 pieces of information.
If you, or a relative, neighbor or older friend, have some information or a story to share, please contact Debbie Anderson so that I can enter it into my records. These will be shared with the NCR Archive at Dayton History and become part of their permanent collection. Also, if you have questions, please contact me and I'll try to find some information that might help you. There are no guarantees, however, as so many records have disappeared, been destroyed, or are available only at the National Archives.
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Last update
May 13, 2008
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