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Logistics Barges, Guppy

Logistics Barges, Guppy

Experiences with the Von Braun team in Texas. Good anecdotal material on everyday life of the Germans in El Paso.
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S-IVB Stage, Saturn V.

Phone Conversation with a Senator on interactions with astronaut John Glenn and Wernher von Braun.

Glen was raised in Montgomery, AL. He earned his BS&E degree from Auburn in 1957. He accepted a job with Thiokol but had to serve in the US Army Corps of Engineers first, where he supported the Redstone program and then Pershing. He returned to…

Part of the "Our Future in Space: Messages From the Beginning" oral history interview video series.

Gerald was born in Nebraska, shortly moving to Kansas City. He went to Troy and recieved a degree in civil engineering, then worked on B-52 variants for Boeing, as well as on a multipurpose fighter project proposal. In about 1963, he moved to…