LBJ Counting the Dead

Lyndon B. couldn't figure it out. Every day the advisers came to him with their facts and figures and laid them down on his desk. Army dead. Navy dead. Marine dead. Civilian dead. Diplomatic dead. MASH dead. Delta dead. Seabee dead. National Guard dead. But the numbers didn't compute. Someone was messing up somewhere. All the reporters and TV channels were breathing down LBJ's neck and he needed the proper information. He could help put a man on the Moon, but he couldn't count the body bags. Send satellite spinning, but he couldn't figure out how many crosses to go into the ground. A crack computer unit. The Geek Squad. Quick initiation. Serve your nation. Get your hair cut. My country, 'tis of thee, we've got technology. Only the 1 best and brightest came. From Stanford. MIT. University of Utah. U.C. Davis. His friends from PARC. The ones who were developing the dream of the ARPANET Kitted up and sent off.

Notes:

The problem of counting the dead from Vietnam and needing computer scientists for the job.

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Let the Great World Spin: A Novel

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: McCann , Colum (2009-12-02), Let the Great World Spin: A Novel, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Retrieved on 2011-04-23

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