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On Wed. 14 Jan 1942 Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territ.....

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Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team in US Territory of Hawaii detected Japanese carrier activity in the central Pacific area, which might interfere with the planned US carrier strike in the Gilbert Island and the Marshall Islands Facility

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