The US Codebreakers on Corregidor Knew Too Much — So They Couldn't Risk Falling Into Japanese Hands

U.S. Navy personnel in the Philippines continued deciphering Japanese messages even as the enemy closed in—and they knew they couldn’t be taken alive.

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