Operation Paperclip was opposed by many and favored by many. Originally, the project was called Operation Overcast, but the name was changed to Operation Paperclip for all the paperwork and paperclips used in the process. Operation Paperclip was an undercover thing where American military services extricated German scientists among World War II times to America. There were many clandestine documents dealt with in this process, and even to this day, there are some documents that no one can see or know about except for the official Operation Paperclip group. It was developed by the Office of of Strategic Services(OSS), but changed hands to Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency later on. A plus for this secret plan was the Germans wanted to stop the advancing Red Army, and had motivation to help Americans even more. The German scientists mostly helped the American troops with their smart Nazi rocket technology, chemical weaponry and medicine.
The big test for the Germans to pass and be able to come over was whether or not they had ever made an oath or been involved in any Nazi Party activities. One man, Werner Von Braun, proved to America that he was never involved with the Nazi Party by showing to them his pass card that he was a colonial for the SS. The Joint company sometimes were willing to twist that law for some scientists that they felt were crucial to their(America's) project. Braun was an incredibly intelligent and advanced scientists, and his work and ideas led to the landing of the moon in 1969. Eventually Werner Von Braun became the UNited States Government Scientist! Roughly 500 scientists and the families were brought over to America. They were brought to either White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, Fort Bliss, Texas and Huntsville. These productions of the work stations led to the foundation of NASA and the US ICBM program in time. He craziest and in a way scariest part about the Operation Paperclip is there is information about the scientists, transfers, etc., that remains classified still.
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