Top of page

Pic of the Week: Code Girls Reunion

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Share this post:

 

The Veterans History Project hosted a special reunion of World War II veteran “Code Girls,” March 22, 2019, at the Library of Congress.  Photo by Shawn Miller. 

More than 10,000 women were recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy as secret code breakers in World War II, working to decode enemy communications. Their story was finally, fully revealed in 2017’s bestselling, “Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II.” The Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress hosted a reunion on Friday, March 22. Here, “code girl” veterans Nancy Tipton and Katherine Fleming chat with author Liza Mundy, who told their story.

 

 

Comments (10)

  1. Dativo Marques says:

    Dear Sirs,It must have been very exciting this reunion.

  2. Clare Imholtz says:

    Lovely photo, but under Special Category don’t you mean World War II not World War I.

    • Neely Tucker says:

      Hi Clare Imholtz,
      Thanks for the close read! The menu of categories on the left is a standard feature, not related to this (or any other) particular post…although I take your point. It DOES look odd in this instance.

      All best,
      Neely

  3. Deborah Doyle says:

    You have marked the indicated special category for this blog post as “World War I.” It should be “World War II.”

    Good book!

    • Neely Tucker says:

      Hi Ms. Doyle,
      Thanks for close read! The “special category” is a separate listing, not related to this post. Those categories are just part of the menu.

      All best,
      Neely

  4. Fredrick Otieno Nundu says:

    Congratulations to the women in uniform and remembering in a great way

  5. Kathleen Mirandy says:

    I’m reading the book “Code Girls”. Wish I could sit down with one of you with my 12 year old grandson who is so interested in WWII history, and just listen. Thank you for all you have been privileged to have done.

  6. Janice Law says:

    Was this program videoed? If yes, where might we see video?
    If no, why wasn’t it videoed? Thank you.

    • John Sayers says:

      Janice Law, thanks for your comment. This program was recorded and made available online recently: //www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8756

  7. Teri Reck says:

    I am just reading Code Girls now–my mother-in-law went to D.C. as a young lady where she said that she worked as a typist for the FBI. As I read the book, I see that she is one of the type of women that the military was looking for to be a codebreaker, although I have no idea if she was indeed. Is there any sort of list of women who worked as decoders? If not, do you have any advice on how to track that down. She succumbed to cancer many years ago, and my father in law died two years later, so there is no one for us to ask. Thank you!!

Add a Comment

This blog is governed by the general rules of respectful civil discourse. You are fully responsible for everything that you post. The content of all comments is released into the public domain unless clearly stated otherwise. The Library of Congress does not control the content posted. Nevertheless, the Library of Congress may monitor any user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove content for any reason whatever, without consent. Gratuitous links to sites are viewed as spam and may result in removed comments. We further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove a user's privilege to post content on the Library site. Read our Comment and Posting Policy.


Required fields are indicated with an * asterisk.