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Operation Paperclip brought possible criminals to U.S.

Operation Paperclip was the code name used for an extraction process of German scientists from Nazi Germany during and immediately after the last stages of World War II, which brought together a team at White Sands Proving Grounds (now White Sands Missile Range) that assembled and tested the Nazi V-2 rocket, with all initial components having been brought from the fatherland as well.

The immigration process allowing for the entry of these individuals, some with questionable ties to the Nazi party, is only known by bits and pieces that have been gleaned by government documents, historians, authorities and some people who knew these men personally, including Clare Lasby, author of "Operation Paperclip," White Sands Missile Range Museum, Hans Steinhoff and George House.

It is a part of the history of Otero County that, by its very technology, ushered in the rocket age for America.
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