Joseph N. Wenger

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Joseph Wenger in the 1950s

Joseph Wenger (born June 7, 1901 in Patterson , Louisiana , † September 1970 ) was an American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . He served as first vice director of the Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA) and later as vice director of the National Security Agency from December 1952 to November 1953 after the separate divisions of AFSA were merged with the NSA. Wenger was one of the leading people responsible for developing the NSA.

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Wenger was "one of the architects of centralized cryptology ." In addition, he played a central role in the establishment of the AFSA ( Armed Forces Security Agency ), the predecessor of the NSA . During World War II , he suggested that the Navy spend $ 2 million "building 360 of its own four-wheeled Turing bombs " to overthrow the British monopoly on the bomb.

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  1. ^ Rear Admiral Joseph N. Wenger, USN (1901-1970) 2005 Inductee . National Security Agency. January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2009.
  2. ^ David A. Hatch, Robert Louis Benson: The Korean War: The SIGINT Background Search What's new? . United States National Security Agency. Retrieved December 21, 2008.
  3. ↑ Stephen Budiansky: Battle of Wits . The Free Press, New York 2000 (accessed March 7, 2012).

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SURNAME Wenger, Joseph N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wenger, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Patterson , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH September 1970