Laurance Safford
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| Gender | Male |
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| Date of birth | October 22,1893 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Somerville |
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| United States | |
| Died | Bethesda |
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| United States | |
| Education | United States Naval Academy |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| Books | Earhart's Flight Into Yesterday: The Facts Without the Fiction, U.S. Naval Communications Intelligence Activities |
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| ID | 3600668 |
Laurance Safford Life story
Captain, U.S.N. Laurance Frye Safford was a U.S. Navy cryptologist. He established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.