Edith was working at the Naval Annex when a recovered codebook was brought in, dripping wet, having been fished out of a sinking submarine by an alert American naval officer. After the war Edith stayed in the Navy for a while and was transferred to a hospital in New York where men with tuberculosis were being treated. One day, she was told that she was to receive her unit citation. She was to appear under the flag at nine a.m. “in full uniform with the ribbons to which I was entitled.” Since she had not purchased any, she had to find a male officer willing to lend her his. When she asked a
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