Grace Hopper — "I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked …"
I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, 'What are you?'
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Recalling an amusing encounter at immigration while being the oldest active-duty officer in the U.S. military.
Date: 1986 (60 Minutes interview, August 24)
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