Voice of the Komets Bob Chase Served as a Navy Cryptographer

October 24, 2016 - ECHL (ECHL)
Fort Wayne Komets News Release

Bob Chase, known to thousands as the announcer for Komets hockey games, worked as a cryptographer, or code maker/breaker, for the U.S. Navy during World War II.

"We could hardly wait to break codes when they came in," said Chase, 90, of Fort Wayne. "They were assigned security headings. If it was 'Confidential,' the content was not deemed important. If marked 'Secret,' we decoded. Messages labeled 'Top Secret' we didn't touch but passed them to our officer in charge."

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