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Major General George E. Turnmeyer entered the Army as a private in 1944 and retired as a Major General in 1977. MG Turnmeyer's citations and awards include the Army Distinguished Service Medal and induction into the exclusive Ordnance Corps Hall of…

George Hamilton has lived in Huntsville, Alabama all of his life, and his father was a Charter Marshall Member in Huntsville. When he was working, George's father was chosen as a "guinea pig" to go up in the Pregnant Guppy, which was a large,…

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

Gene Thomas was born in East Tennessee, went to Tennessee Tech and recieved a degree in electrical engineering in 1956. Following several interviews, he worked in Birmingham for a brief time, then interviewed with and joined Thiokol. He was quickly…

Gene was born in DeQuincy, Louisiana. Raised in Pensacola, he went to Auburn until he joined the Army at age 18. He trained with a B-26 oufit, and discusses his experience through the war. After the war, he got a degree at the University of Alabama…

Design studies and problems of Saturn rockets.