Wernher von Braun and the Saturn V - photo

[Toolmaker51]

I'll just mention "Operation Paperclip" Bell X-1, North American X-15, SR-71, "October Sky" "Apollo 11" "Apollo 13" Space Shuttle.
Mr. von Braun didn't work alone, but difficult sorting out a more instrumental aerospace engineer.

[Paul Jones]

Toolmaker51, yes there are many "skeletons in the closet' from "Operation Paperclip". The book by Annie Jacobsen entitled "Operation Paperclip, The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists To America" reveals a lot about the scientists and engineers from Nazi backgrounds including Dr. von Braun. The overseas movement to the USA for these scientists and engineers after WWII was to keep them out of hands of the Soviets. Luckily von Braun died in 1977 before the secret Nazi affiliations information from Operation Paperclip was fully revealed to the USA public. We needed von Braun for his rocket superiority over the Soviets during the Cold War.
Regards, Paul