About Edwin T. Layton
Edwin Thomas Layton was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. Layton is most noted for his work as an intelligence officer before and during World War II. He was the father of the historian Edwin T. Layton, Jr. Washington said Port Moresby or the Aleutians in mid-June; Rochefort/Layton said Midway, first week in June. Both became intelligence officers, Rochefort specializing in decryption efforts, Layton in using intelligence information in war planning. One year to the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Layton became combat intelligence officer on the staff of Admiral Husband E.
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