View from the Top: The Rocket City that almost wasn’t

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 Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, seated; Major General Holger N. Toftoy, Commanding Officer and the man responsible for Operation Paperclip; Dr. Eberhard Rees, Deputy Director of Development Operations; and Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of Development Operations. Several pictured later designed the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon. (Photo/Courtesy NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center.)

View from the Top is an opinion column exploring all things Huntsville. It is coordinated by Doug Martinson. Today’s guest columnist is Dan D. Williams, whose grandfather was instrumental in bringing the German rocket scientists to Huntsville after World War II. This is part 1 of a 3-part series based on Williams’ upcoming novel.

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