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Forest Hills WWII Navy code-breaker celebrates 100th birthday with parade


It’s no secret.
Julia Parsons, a Navy code-breaker in World War II, turned 100 on Tuesday.
Birthday wishes could be heard from a mile away. A parade of police cars blaring sirens and honking horns made their way past her Forest Hills home.
An ambulance, fire truck and other vehicles, including her plumber’s van, drove by as she sat in her front yard on Edgewood Road. Balloons decorated the area. An American flag hung from the porch. A car with a big birthday cake with a “100” on the roof road by.
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
A 100th birthday cake-shaped decoration stands on top of a vehicle as a person holds an American flag during a parade for World War II U.S. Navy veteran Julia Parsons in Forest Hills on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. ....

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WWII code-breaker Julia Parsons to be honored for 100th birthday and top-secret service


GREENSBURG, Pa. (Tribune News Service) Julia Parsons knows how to keep a secret.
She was tight-lipped about one for more than 50 years.
Parsons, 99, of Forest Hills, was a code-breaker in World War II. She served in the U.S. Navy s WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), after graduating from Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) in 1942.
Following cryptology training at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen s School, Parsons was sent to Washington to be a code-breaker. She worked on one of the first computers to decode German U-boat message traffic sent via the Enigma machine, according to Todd DePastino, founder and executive director of the Veterans Breakfast Club, a Pittsburgh nonprofit dedicated to sharing veterans stories. ....

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