MEMORIAL WALL AT NSA
A memorial wall will be established to honor those who have given their lives in service to their country in the cryptologic services.
The wall is to be located in the NSA Operations Building 2B, adjacent to the Canine Suite, an area of high visibility to visitors and the NSA/CSS workforce. A duplicate will be placed in the National Cryptologic Museum, so it may be seen by the public. The museum has been charged with the task of keeping records on the memorial, and in proposing names to the Book of Honor.
An annual ceremony will be conducted at the memorial on the Friday prior to Memorial day, each year. It is assumed that related organizations such as the USS Liberty Association; the Marine Cryptologic Association, and the Naval Cryptologic Association will be invited to participate or to hold separate memorial observances.
Recognizing that some who died in the cryptologic services died under conditions that may still be classified, the Book of Honor will mark the place with a star or other appropriate symbol.
At the present time, it is believed that 146 individuals qualify, but the individual services are checking to make sure the number is correct. (INSCOM-37, AIA, 39, NSG 68, NSA, 2)
Duane Hodges from Creswell, Oregon was the only person killed on USS PUEBLO, and although he was not a security group member, it has been decided that his name will be included.
NCVA HISTORY BOOK INFORMATION
(7 February 1998)
The Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association has published a History Book. The book details U.S. Naval participation in cryptology from shortly after World War One to present times. The book contains stories about decoding the various Japanese naval systems and the decrypting device known as Purple for reading Japanese Foreign Office messages. There is a comprehensive review of the device used for recovering the wheel settings for the German Enigma cipher device making it possible to read the German U-boat traffic. There are excellent articles about the WAVES, Coast Guard, and Marines. There are about 100 photographs of Naval installations and equipment, group photographs of individuals, and more than 200 pages of text. There are gut wrenching photographs of the USS Liberty. In the back of the book are almost 1,000 biographical sketches of individuals who were involved the the Navy's cryptologic efforts.
Copies of the NCVA History Book are available from the: NCVA Ship's Store