U S Naval Cryptologic Vete Association

USN & USMC WWII Cryptologists' Oral Histories; U S Naval Cryptologic Vete Association

The NCVA Oral History Program has its roots in a program presented to the Commander, Naval Security Group Command (COMNAVSECGRU) in April 1982. The program goal was to collect oral histories of Navy and Marine Corps personnel that performed cryptologic operations in WWII. Oral history collection began in September 1982 at the annual reunion of the Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association (NCVA). Several years of collection efforts ensued at these reunions and other locations until all volunteers were interviewed. Subsequently, the recordings and transcripts languished in NAVSECGRU archives. Upon the disestablishment of Naval Secruity Group Command in 2005, the oral history files were transferred to the Cryptologic Command Display (CCD), now located aboard the Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT), Corry Station, Pensacola, FL. The CCD is a repository of historic naval cryptologic documents, equipment, artifacts and photographs. It is administered by volunteers, members of the NCVA, under the auspices of the CIWT. In January 2018, an Oral History Project planning meeting at the Cryptologic Command Display resulted in the implementation of a project to publish a compendium of the cryptologic oral histories, in paperback and also searchable electronic media. This compendium is the result of over a year of effort to accomplish the goal of the project.