WWII
77th Anniversaryof the End of World War II★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Honoring the 80th Anniversaryof the Battle of Midway

Breaking the Code – the Crucial Battle that Won the PacificSeptember 2, 2022
Battleship Missouri Memorial • Pearl Harbor, Hawai‘i

WEL C OM

EO P E N I N G

A D D R E S S

D I S T I N G U I S H E DG U E S T

S P E A K E R

Michael Carr

RADM Alma Grocki

President & CEO,USS Missouri Memorial Association

U.S. Navy (Ret.), Board of Directors,USS Missouri Memorial Association

U.S. Navy, Commander, NSA/CSS Hawai‘i

Mike Carr serves as President and Chief
Executive Officer of the USS Missouri
Memorial Association. Since joining
the Association in 2008, Carr has led
the Battleship Missouri Memorial to its
most successful years and positioned
the iconic historical attraction to expand
its reach within Hawaii and generateincreased interest from both westboundand eastbound visitors. The BattleshipMissouri Memorial has welcomed over
9-million visitors since opening on
January 29, 1999.

Rear Admiral Alma Grocki joined theBoard of Directors for the USS Missouri
Memorial Association in August 2017upon completing a 35-year career withthe United States Navy. Admiral Grocki
holds the distinction of being the firstwoman from Hawai‘i appointed to theUnited States Naval Academy, graduating
in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science inEngineering. She was subsequently
transferred to the Pearl Harbor Naval
Shipyard, serving as Senior Ship
Superintendent. In that role, she became
the first woman officer to accompany her
repaired submarine on post-availability
sea trials. In 2013, Admiral Grocki wasappointed Deputy Chief of Staff for Fleet
Maintenance, Commander, in the U.S.
Pacific Fleet. She completed her career as
Deputy Commander, Naval Sea Systems
Command. Admiral Grocki’s awards anddecorations include the Legion of Merit(four awards), Meritorious Service
Medal (five awards), Navy and Marine
Corps Commendation Medal (fourawards) and Navy and Marine CorpsAchievement Medal.

CAPT Christopher Eng was commissioned as a submarine officer through Naval Reserve
Officers Training Corps in 1998. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and from Old
Dominion University in 2016 with a Master of Engineering Management. He transferredto the cryptologic warfare community in 2002.

A former U.S. Army officer, Carr has beena Hawai‘i business executive and active
in local community organizations since1977. His current community support
includes serving as the Immediate Past
President of the Historic Naval Ships
Association. Carr’s previous professional
experience includes serving as Presidentof Polynesian Adventure Tours for
15 years and holding management
positions with Bank of Hawai‘i and its
affiliates for 14 years.

Captain Christopher Eng

His operational assignments include duty as the main propulsion assistant and assistantweapons officer aboard USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) home-ported in Pearl Harbor, Hawai‘i,from 2001 to 2002; as fleet intelligence warfare officer and Ship’s Signal Exploitation
Space division officer on the staff of U.S. 7th Fleet, aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, from 2005 to 2007; and as a tactical information operationsofficer with Naval Special Warfare Squadron 7 to Iraq and Afghanistan in 2009 as the N3X
targeting officer and Cross Functional Troop 7 commander.
Ashore, his assignments include duty as a senior watch officer, and direct support officer
at Navy Information Operations Command Hawai‘i from 2003 to 2005; as executive officerof Navy Information Operations Command Menwith Hill, U.K. from 2010 to 2012; asdeputy division chief at U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) Joint Intelligence Operations
Center (JIOC) from 2012 to 2015; as deputy group chief at National Security Agency/
Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) Hawai‘i from 2017 to 2019. He was the Commanding
Officer at Information Warfare Training Command Corry Station from 2015 to 2017.
In April 2021, he assumed his current position of Commander of NSA/CSS Hawai‘i after
serving on the U.S. Pacific Fleet staff as the Deputy N2N39 and Fleet Cryptologist.
A qualified Information Warfare Officer, CAPT Eng’s military decorations include a BronzeStar, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Meritorious Service Medal, Joint
Service Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (two awards),
along with various campaign and unit awards. He is married to the former Catherine
Bourne of Nottingham, U.K. He and his wife Catherine have three young children.

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A D D R E S SJohn A. Tokar

Chief, Center for Cryptologic History
National Security Agency/Central Security Service

77th ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR IIPROGRAMWELCOME

Michael CarrPresident & CEO, USS Missouri Memorial Association
PA R A D E T H E C O LO R S

Joint Service Color Guard, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
N AT I O N A L A N T H E M & H A W A I ‘ I P O N O ‘ I

Musician Third Class Amanda Huddleston, U.S. Pacific Fleet BandI N V O C AT I O N

Col James A. Hamel, HQ PACAF Command Chaplain
John A. Tokar has been Chief of the National Security Agency’s Centerfor Cryptologic History (CCH) since 2016. He previously served in avariety of cybersecurity and cyberspace operations assignments at
NSA and U.S. Cyber Command.
He is a retired Army officer with an extensive background in special
operations, strategic planning, and logistics, to include two commandassignments in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment(Airborne) and in U.S. Army Europe. While serving at the U.S. Army
Center of Military History, he deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 as theUSSOCOM and JSOC field historian, where he conducted hundredsof oral history interviews of special operations and intelligencecommunity personnel. He has also been a senior planner at thecombatant command and U.S. Army staff levels.

OPENING ADDRESSRADM Alma Grocki
U.S. Navy (Ret.), Board of Directors, USS Missouri Memorial Association
K E Y N OT E A D D R E S SJohn A. Tokar
Chief, Center for Cryptologic History
National Security Agency / Central Security Service
DISTINGUISHED GUEST SPEAKERCAPT Christopher Eng
Commander, National Security Agency / Central Security Service Hawai‘i
GOD BLESS AMERICA

U.S. Pacific Fleet BandR I F L E S A LU T E

Tokar is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Virginia Tech and holds
advanced degrees from the U.S. Army School of Advanced Military
Studies (SAMS) and Syracuse University. He sits on the board ofeditors for the peer-reviewed journal Federal History, and his work has
appeared in many publications to include The U.S. Army War College
Quarterly: Parameters, Vietnam Magazine, Cryptologia and NSA’sprofessional journal, Cryptologic Quarterly.

Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawai‘iJohn met his wife Sarah (also an historian) when they were 12 years
old and they currently reside in Highland, Maryland. They have threeadult daughters.

Col James A. Hamel, HQ PACAF Command Chaplain
U.S. Pacific Fleet BandE C H O TA P S

U.S. Pacific Fleet BandAMAZING GRACE

Rick Jackson, The Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawai‘i
B E N E D I C T I O N / ” E T E R N A L FAT H E R ”

C LO S I N G R E M A R K S

Michael Carr

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HANNIVERSARYOFT H E B AT T L E O F M I D W A Y
Breaking the Code - the Crucial B at t l e t h at Wo n t h e Pa c i f i cOn June 4, 1942, Japanese Imperial Navyaircraft attacked and severely damaged
the United States base on Midway Island
in an attempt to capture and use theisland to threaten Pearl Harbor and theU.S. Pacific Fleet and secure Japan’s
dominance in the Pacific region.

Unbeknownst to the Japanese, the U.S.
Navy and Admiral Chester Nimitz were
aware of this planned attack – thanks tothe U.S. Navy’s cryptanalysts who hadpartially broken Japanese communication
codes earlier that year. The attack locationand time were confirmed when theAmerican base at Midway Island senta false message to deceive
the Japanese, which
effectively led themto intercepting theorder of battle from theImperial Japanese Navy.

After their initial attacks on the island’s
military facilities, the Japanese aircraft
confidently headed back to their carriers
to rearm and refuel but surprisingly
became aware of the presence of U.S.
naval forces in the area. The Japaneseaircraft carriers Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu, andKaga were all hit with waves of TBD
Devastator torpedo-bombers and SBD
Dauntless dive-bombers from theUSS Enterprise, USS Hornet, andUSS Yorktown.
Over the next two days, United States
troops at sea and on Midway Island
continued their persistent attacks, forcing
the Japanese to abandon the battle

and retreat. The Japanese lost four fleet
carriers, one cruiser, more than 3,000
sailors and experienced pilots, and 320
aircraft. The United States lost the USS
Yorktown, one destroyer, less than 400
men, and only 150 aircraft.
This critical victory changed the tide of
the war and successfully stopped theexpansion of Japan in the Pacific, giving
the United States the momentum needed
to win the war.

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M E M O R I A L

HONORARY FOUNDER

Senator Daniel K. Inouye

BOARD OF DIRECTORSCAPT Steve Colon, USN (Ret.)
Chairman & Executive Committee Chair
Michael A. Carr
President & CEO
RADM Peter Gumataotao, USN (Ret.)
Vice Chairman & Secretary
CAPT Jack Laufer, USCGR (Ret).
Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
Bonnie FongHR Committee ChairA S S O C I A T I O N
DIRECTORS

Vic Angoco
Robert Bruhl
Murray R. Clay
Matt Guard
Doug Johnstone
Judy Yuriko Lee
Revell K. Newton
VADM Mike Vitale, USN (Ret.)CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

ADM Ronald J. Hays, USN (Ret.)
Edwin Lee Carter, Jr.
VADM Robert Kihune, USN (Ret.)
Robert “Tim” GuardRADM Alma Grocki, USN (Ret.)CAPEX Committee ChairMark Polivka
Strategic Initiatives Committee Chair
Michael J. Chun, PhD
Education Committee Chair

USS MISSOURI MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
63 Cowpens Street • Honolulu, HI 96818
PH: (808) 455-1600 • www.ussmissouri.org
The USS Missouri (BB-63), decommissioned for the final time in 1992, is an American icon and international symbol of peace, officially
donated in 1998 by the U.S. Navy to the USS Missouri Memorial Association, Inc., a private Hawai‘i based 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization whose mission is dedicated to preserving the Battleship Missouri and sharing her story and place in history. Maintainedand operated as the Battleship Missouri Memorial under the tireless care of the association’s staff and volunteers, its continued
success as a historic attraction is made possible by the support of visitors, memberships, grants and the generosity of donors.