88-year-old Bay Ridge woman recalls deciphering WWII Japanese code
Ruth Soranno wanted to enlist in the U.S. Navy after Pearl Harbor.
“But the Navy wouldn’t take you until you were 20, so I had to wait a little while,” she said.
She was 17 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the nation was plunged into World War II. She eventually got her chance to serve her country and make her contribution to the war effort.