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NSA/CSS 60th Anniversary Timeline - 1950s
Significant Events | Photos | Documents
Significant Events
- 1952 - LTG Canine
NSA's first Director established a strong foundation for the fledging organization.
- 1952 - VENONA
The VENONA project exposed a massive Soviet espionage effort that threatened national security.
- 1957 - The Move to Ft. Meade
One reason the site was selected was because it was deemed far enough away from the capital in case of a nuclear strike.
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Photos
- Rear Admiral Earl Stone, USN, first director of the Armed Forces Security Agency, NSA's direct predecessor
- Dr. Louis W. Tordella, 1953
- Arlington Hall
- Aerial photograph of showing future site of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade
- Aerial photograph of showing future site of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade
- TSEC/KY3, full duplex, wide-band speech security equipment
- O'Malley, 1950
- Demon II, 1950
- Goldberg I, 1950
- United States Military Personnel during the Korean War
- United States Military Personnel during the Korean War
- United States Military Personnel during the Korean War
- National Security Agency, Operations Building 1
- Employees from Arlington Hall Station on a visit to the site of the new NSA, the William and Elizebeth Friedman Operations Building (Operations Building 1) is in the background
- Portrait of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- NSA Director Lieutenant General Ralph J. Canine, USA, receives three-star flag upon appointment to NSA, 1952
- NSA Director Lieutenant General Ralph J. Canine, USA, shakes hands with Louis W. Tordella
- Cryptologists in Korea. The Army Security Agency (ASA) was responsible for supplying the Army’s codes and ciphers, Korea, 1950s.
- KL-7, originally known as the AFSAM-7, replaced the SIGABA/ECM cipher machine
- “Meade Mobile” provided information on relocating to the Fort Meade area for employees
- President Harry S. Truman
- NSA Newsletter advertising the fall festival in July 1958
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted and executed for treason in 1953
- Contestants in the Miss NSA Pageant held annually in the 1950s and early 1960s
- LTG Ralph J. Canine, USA, NSA Director July 1951 - November 1952
- RADM Joseph Wenger, USN, NSA Vice Director December 1952 - November 1953
- Brig Gen John Ackerman, USAF, NSA Vice Director November 1953 - June 1956
- Lt Gen John A. Samford, USAF, NSA Vice Director June - August 1956, NSA Director November 1956 - November 1960
- Joseph H. Ream, NSA Deputy Director August 1956 - October 1957
- Dr. Howard Engstrom, NSA Deputy Director October 1957 - August 1958
- Dr. Louis W. Tordella, NSA Deputy Director August 1958 - April 1974
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Documents
Please Note: These historical documents are PDF images of formerly classified carbon paper and reports that have been declassified. Due to the age and poor quality of some of the PDF images, a screen reader may not be able to process the images into word documents. In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, individuals may request that the government provide auxiliary aids or services to ensure effective communication of the substance of the documents. For such requests, please contact the Public Affairs Office at 301-688-6524.
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