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428-GX-USN 1157764: Captain Grace Hopper, August 1973

428-GX-USN 1157764: Captain Grace Hopper, August 1973. Pentagon, Washington. Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Operations, presents a certification of promotion to the rank of Captain to Commander Grace Hopper, Head of Programming Language Section of the Naval Information Systems Division (OP 91). Captain Hopper was the first Naval Reserve woman to be called back to active duty. Photographed by Bill Mason, August 13, 1973. Photographed from small reference card. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 428-GX-USN 1157764: Captain Grace Hopper, August 1973. Pentagon, Washington. Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Operations, presents a certification of promotion to the rank of Captain to Commander Grace Hopper, Head of Programming Language Section of the Naval Information Systems Division (OP 91). Captain Hopper was the first Naval Reserve woman to be called back to active duty. Photographed by Bill Mason, August 13, 1973. Photographed from small reference card. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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