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The Codebreaker and the POW

A Family Legacy of WWII

Author Sue Baugh describes how her father became a codebreaker and cracked Japanese codes before the Battle of Midway, while her grandfather fought on Corregidor and survived a Japanese POW camp.

In this gripping family story, author Sue Baugh describes how her father, born in Manila, became a codebreaker for the U.S. Navy and helped crack Japanese codes before the Battle of Midway, while her grandfather fought on Corregidor Island and survived three years in a Japanese POW camp.

This multimedia presentation reveals the heroic efforts it took to defeat Japanese forces and liberate the Philippines.

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