Project Paperclip Team at Fort Bliss
Summary
Group of 104 German rocket scientists in 1946, including Wernher von Braun,[1] Ludwig Roth and Arthur Rudolph, at Fort Bliss, Texas. 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.[2] Many had worked to develop the V-2 Rocket at Peenemünde Germany and came to the U.S. after World War II, subsequently working on various rockets including the Explorer 1 Space rocket and the Saturn (rocket) at NASA.
Titles and Captions in Published Books
Von Braun Rocket Team at Fort Bliss, Texas[3]
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[4]
Peenemünde's core personnel is reassembled at White Sands, New Mexico, in 1946.[5]
Von Braun group at White Sands Proving Ground, 1946[6]