View from the Top: The Rocket City that almost wasn’t (Part3)

My grandfather, Major General Holger Toftoy, ran the Army’s rocket program after the war. He brought Wernher von Braun and his team to America under Operation Paperclip.

View from the Top: The Rocket City that almost wasn’t (Part3)

My grandfather, Major General Holger Toftoy, ran the Army’s rocket program after the war. He brought Wernher von Braun and his team to America under Operation Paperclip.

— Doug Martinson, AL.com

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