The Codebreaker and the POW: A Family Saga of WWII

Date2026-11-19 · 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
LocationWest Chicago Public Library District
CategoryNature
Agesteens adults
PriceFree
SourceWest Chicago Public Library District

In 1942, one of the darkest years of World War II, Baugh’s father, Lt. Charles Baugh, became a Navy codebreaker. Her grandfather, Richmond Baugh, was taken prisoner on Corregidor Island in the Philippines and spent nearly three years in a Japanese POW camp. In this gripping family saga, Baugh recounts the heroic work of military and civilian codebreakers and the brutal struggle to liberate the Phi

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