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My Grandma told me what she did during World War 2.

Ann Gordon was 18 years of age when the World WarII started and was conscriped when she was 21. She served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a Wireless Operator and Morse Slip Reader.
During the World War, secure radio communication by voice was not possible. so she had to send messages using Morse code, which is when each letter of the alphabet is given a particular code of dots and dashes. These messages were also put into a code so that even if somebody managed to intercept them and knew morse code they still would not be able to understand.
My Grandma was based in Bletchly Park in Buckinghamshire, just west of London. She sent and received signals from all over the world, including India, Italy, North Africa, Canada, Malta, and wherever the front line troops were at any given time.
She also trained the radio operators who flew in planes which were involved in reconnaissance and bombing missions during the war.

After the war was over she was given a medal to show that she had been part of World War II.

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