LOL. Wernher von Braun was the Director, Development Operations Division of Operation Paperclip.
Here's his picture with Major General H. N. Toftoy, Commanding Officer responsible for Project Paperclip.
Posted on 07/27/2023 12:18:38 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), one of Nazi Germany’s leading rocket scientists, became a pioneer in America’s space program following World War II. But it was von Braun’s conversion to Christ that captured the attention of Assemblies of God radio preacher C. M. Ward. Ward interviewed the scientist in 1966, during which von Braun described the relationship between his newfound faith and his lifework in science.
Von Braun’s interest in rocket science had been sparked by a desire to explore space, but he came to regret that his work was being used to cause tremendous destruction of human life. He had developed the V-1 and V-2 rockets, which allowed Germany to pummel Allied targets up to 500 miles away during World War II. The rockets, manufactured by slave labor, indiscriminately killed thousands of people.
Sensing disloyalty, the Gestapo arrested von Braun in 1944 and charged him with espionage. Von Braun’s work was deemed essential to the success of the war effort, so Nazi leader Albert Speer intervened and ordered the release of the scientist. When American soldiers marched into central Germany in May 1945, they found that von Braun had organized the surrender of 500 of his top scientists, along with plans and test vehicles.
Von Braun and his German scientists were relocated to the United States, where they became indispensable to the development of American military and space programs. Von Braun’s life had changed drastically within the course of a year. But it was in a little church in El Paso, Texas, that von Braun experienced a spiritual transformation that would change him from the inside out…
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I don’t know. I sure hope I would, with God’s help.
It’s a lot easier for you and I to say so here.
I don’t care for judgement via hindsight. (Not aiming at you personally)
If you were born in Georgia in 1820, would you be hanging out with blacks fighting the man?
Environment is important in one’s development and outlook.
Now you’re lying, calling him a known associate of Himmler.
You know full well his entire history with rocketry.
You’re distorting for visceral effect. Again I ask, what’s your deal?
Also, you don’t seem to know, but like bandying about terms, Von Braun was not part of Operation Paperclip.
I’m done here, so you can have the last word, but the colloquial name for the 127 Paperclip rocket scientists from Peenemünde was the “Von Braun Group.”
You can just go google the list. Von Braun is usually in the top 3 of the Paperclip scientists.
I know this because one of them was my grandfather, who was an unrepentant Nazi POS who spewed his poison until his dying breath.
I grew up around these dirtbags. All that ever changed was who they worked for.
The only people I despise more are apologists for them.
Von Braun was under Operation Overcast, precursor to Paperclip.
What did your grandfather say? Did you know Von Braun?
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