Captain Forrest Rosecrans "Tex" Biard (December 21, 1912, in Bonham, Texas[1] – November 2, 2009[2]) was an American linguist in the U.S. Navy codebreaking organization during the Second World War.
A pre-war student of Japanese, Biard's translation work is considered to have been an important part of American military success.
His planned three-year assignment was cut short in September 1941 due to the rising tensions between Japan and the United States.
In February 1942, he was temporarily assigned to the USS Yorktown as the radio intelligence officer under Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher.
In 1946, Biard served as executive officer in the Intelligence Division and Chief of the Security Section for Operation Crossroads, the first nuclear weapons tests conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One at Bikini Atoll.