Goddard saw a V2 after the war and pointed out how it was stolen from his designs. Von Braun said Goddard saved them years of research.
Von Braun is a mixed bag, rockets would have happened about the same way with or without him.
And Goddard wasn’t tainted.
Not true. Goddard kept his rocket research of the ‘30’s very close to his vest. The Germans had the same basic science knowledge, but pored the money and effort into it that the US didn’t. By 1945 the Germans had V2s, while the US at best had some experimental sounding rockets. We needed the Nazis.
That is your opinion, not a fact.
"And Goddard wasnt tainted."
Goddard was dead later that year.
Von Braun had lots of experience running a large industrial high-tech R&D operation. Unfortunately, Goddard never got the chance.