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1.2K views · 68 reactions | On November 16, 1921, William Friedman was appointed Chief Cryptanalyst for the Signal Corps. When asked how he got into codebreaking, Friedman replied with a smile, "I was seduced.” | American Experience | PBS | Facebook

92K views · 1.1K reactions | When WWI began, the United States military had no code-breaking agency to decode enemy messages and encode their own. Enter Elizebeth and William Friedman. | American Experience | PBS | Facebook