Chesley Young (Barnes) started her WAAC career as an assistant clerk in the Army Air Force.

Note: She had graduated from the University of Arkansas with a full pilots license at the top of her flying class. When discharged from the service in 1945 she held the rank of Captain.

Chesley Young's orders in Naples, Italy in 1944. Documenting her attachment to the US Army as a cryptographer. Read how she runs "The Code Room" in Houdini's Last Handcuffs.

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