Abstract:
“#1 Code Break Boy" by John Milmore is a first person narrative by a decorated enlisted cryptanalyst about the United States Army communications intelligence effort - codebreaking, prior to and during the Korean War. Details the failure to anticipate both the North Korean attack and the Chinese intervention contrasted with the superb intelligence produced that assured the "Pusan Perimeter", the Inchon landing and the failure of the enemy spring offensive of 1951. Describes the efforts by the National Security Agency to suppress this information. Includes a technical description of Korean cryptography with the nuances of the language.