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The Secret in Building 26 : The Untold Story of America's Ultra War Against the U-boat Enigma Codes eBook
By: Jim DeBrosse, Colin Burke
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The Secret in Building 26 : The Untold Story of America's Ultra War Against the U-boat Enigma Codes Summary
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Chapter 1 Building the Perfect Machine March 1943-Dayton, Ohio In a secure meeting room inside NCR's Building 26, while shotgun-toting Marines stood guard outside, chief engineer Joe Desch grew increasingly impatient as he listened to one staff member after another report on continuing glitches with the two prototypes of the U.S. Bombe, Adam and Eve. After enough bad news, Desch resorted to what was becoming an all-too-familiar motivational technique among his hard-pressed group of seventeen engineers and technicians. He jumped out of his seat and onto the meeting-room table and began pounding his fist into his hand with every word he shouted. "No more excuses! We've got to work harder, faster, smarter! Everybody's ass is on the line!" |
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