Posted on Dec 22, 2018

Grace Hopper on Letterman

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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RADM Grace Hopper. Grandmother of the Computer Age. She Worked on the "Bomb" a Computer in WWII. Unclassified Mission of the "Bomb" was to Figure out Trajectories for Ordnance. Actual Classified Mission was Figuring Out the Random Variant for the German Enigma Machine.

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SGT (Join to see)

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She's right about sleep! I learned to sleep anywhere!

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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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SGT (Join to see) Grace was a Pistol. I Know One Phrase that was Guaranteed to Piss Her Off. "That is the Way We've Always Done It Admiral" She Would Give You a New Asshole if You Said That! LOL! She Loved Creative Thinkers.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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A boat from the Pentagon to the Navy Yard...

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Boot camp in 1944

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Ken Kraetzer

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Adm. Hopper gave address at my wife's Providence College graduation, dpeech was printed out, she talked about how to grow staff by goving them responsibility and visibility to senior officers.

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Grace Hopper on Letterman

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