W. Preston Corderman photograph collection. ca. 1860-ca. 1945.

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W. Preston Corderman photograph collection. ca. 1860-ca. 1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48252253

Contains the following types of materials: photographs, charts, messages. Covers the following wars: Civil War, World War II (WWII). General description of the collection: The W. Preston Corderman photograph collection deals exclusively with cryptographic materials. Photographic copies of messages, codes, charts, etc., date from the Civil War to World War II. These are all examples for training or historical purposes. There are also photos of World War II period decoding equipment.

1 box (47 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7592362

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Corderman, W. Preston (William Preston), 1904-1998

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William Preston Corderman (1904-1998) was born in Hagerstown, Maryland. After his graduation from West Point in 1926, he commissioned in the Signal Corps. He earned a Master of Science degree from Yale University in 1927. He graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1939 and joined the War Department General Staff in the same year. From 1943 to 1946, he was commanding general of the Army Security Agency. He made brigadier general in June 1945. After World War II, he reverted to the rank...