Actually, two of the awards are for codebreaking in the (relatively) distant past, far before modern practices. "Evelyn Akeley's... accomplishments during Worl

Actually, two of the awards are for codebreaking in the (relatively) distant past, far before modern practices. "Evelyn Akeley's... accomplishments during World War II were exceeded only by those of her students, who broke virtually every Japanese army code they encountered. "James Lovell... 'the [American] Revolution's one-man National Security Agency.' His pioneering work as a codebreaker and codemaker gave cryptology a singular role in the emergence of our new Nation. Leveraging Lovell's decrypts, George Washington knew of the approach of a British relief force and was able to warn his French allies, thus enabling a decisive victory at Yorktown."