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Dahlgren 



Mr. Ralph A. Niemann served as Head of the Warfare 

 Analysis Department from 1955 until 1970 andfrom 1972 

 to the present. 



labor, you might say — the things you would normally do with a desk calculator. 

 I think during World War II there were about 60 Waves here just using desk 

 calculators, so with the advent of computers, a tremendous step forward was 

 made in being able to do a lot more in a shorter period of time. 



Was it difficult to get operators and proper service at that time? 



Well, we had the fortunate situation in that the operators that helped build 

 the computer at Harvard — I guess at least 90 percent of them — rather under- 

 stood that when they got the job up there that they would transfer to Dahlgren 

 when the computer was completed. So they actually came with the computer, 

 and the technical expertise needed came right with it. We didn't have any 

 problems initially with getting operators. 



