Preserving the Code of Our Past
From hidden messages to historic breakthroughs, the NCF keeps the stories of cryptology alive—honoring the people, events, and innovations that shaped modern intelligence.

James “Jim” V. Boone
1933-2020

James “Jim” Quinn Blimmel
1934-2020

Smithsonian publishes beautiful pictures of rare Hebern encryption machines

Dr. Nancy K. Welker

Mr. Donald “Don” A. Boormann and Mrs. Joyce Borrmann

America’s Unbroken World War 2 Cipher Machine

Henry “Hank” Buie
1930-2019

Debora Plunkett

Benson K. “Buff” Buffham
1919-2019

Richard “Dick” Lynn Bernard
1929-2019

The Soviets’ Unbreakable Code





