The Legendary William F. Friedman
LAMBROS D. CALLMAHOS
Editor's Note: From a reprint in Cryptologic Spectrum (Vol. 4, No.1), Winter 1974.
PROLOGUE
When I joined the U.S. Army to enter the cryptologic service of my adopted country on February 11, 1941, William F. Friedman was already a legendary figure in my eyes. I had read two early papers of his, "L'indice de coincidence et ses applications en cryptographie" and "Application des méthodes de la statisque à la cryptographie," when I was living in Paris in 1934, concertizing as a flute soloist throughout Europe while privately pursuing an active hobby of cryptology, which I felt would be my niche when the time came for me to enter the army. (Besides the U.S. Army, I was also liable for service in ...
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