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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Ollie Martin Askins

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Sayre, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

FOLLOWING THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII, ENLISTED IN THE NAVY. TRAINED AS SPECIALIST CRYPTOGRAPHER AND ANALYST. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER STATIONED IN HAWAII. WAS PART OF A TEAM THAT WORKED AT BREAKING THE JAPANESE CODES. TRANSFERRED IN 1942 TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE HE WORKED ON BREAKING GERMAN CODES.