File:Project Paperclip Team at Fort Bliss.jpg

Summary

Group of 104 German rocket scientists in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1946" title="1946">1946</a>, including <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun" title="Wernher von Braun">Wernher von Braun</a>,^{<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>}<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Roth" class="extiw" title="en:Ludwig Roth">Ludwig Roth</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rudolph" title="Arthur Rudolph">Arthur Rudolph</a>, at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bliss" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Bliss">Fort Bliss, Texas</a>. The group had been subdivided into two sections: a smaller one at White Sands Proving Grounds for test launches and the larger at Fort Bliss for research.^{<a href="#cite_note-Huzel-2">[2]</a>} Many had worked to develop the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/V-2" class="mw-redirect" title="V-2">V-2</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rocket" title="Rocket">Rocket</a> at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peenem%C3%BCnde" title="Peenemünde">Peenemünde</a> Germany and came to the U.S. after <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, subsequently working on various <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rocket" title="Rocket">rockets</a> including the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Explorer_1" title="Explorer 1">Explorer 1</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Space_rocket" title="Space rocket">Space rocket</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(rocket)" title="Saturn (rocket)">Saturn (rocket)</a> at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>.

Titles and Captions in Published Books

• Von Braun Rocket Team at Fort Bliss, Texas^{<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a>}
• Members of the German rocket team who worked on rockets for Army Ordnance under Paperclip are shown at White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, in 1946^{<a href="#cite_note-Hunt-4">[4]</a>}
• Peenemünde's core personnel is reassembled at White Sands, New Mexico, in 1946.^{<a href="#cite_note-Neufeld-5">[5]</a>}
• Von Braun group at White Sands Proving Ground, 1946^{<a href="#cite_note-Ordway-6">[6]</a>}

Licensing

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