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  Diagram of an A-4 rocket.

  The V-2 rocket was also called the A-4, or Aggregat 4, its technical name. The back of the diagram is stamped "Geheime Kommandosache" ("Secret Military Document").
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  German state health insurance book and cards belonging to William August Schulze.

  This booklet, "Sammelbuch der Bescheinigung über die Endzahlen aus der Aufrechnung der Versicherungskarten für August Schulze," documents Schulze's government health insurance while he was employed in Germany from 1930 through 1944. Each page serves as an insurance card for each year of employment. Page seven marks Schulze's first insurance record as an employee at Peenemünde.
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  Hermes guided missile on display.

  The sign in front of the missile reads, "Hermes Guided Missile, U.S. Army Ordnance, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala."
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  Juno II launch.

  Juno II was developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.
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  Jupiter missile.

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  Letter from August Schulze in Aberdeen, Maryland to Trude and Erika Schulze in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany.

  Schulze wrote this letter to his wife, Trude, and daughter, Erika, on the back of a photostat copy of his War Department Notification of Personnel Action. In the letter, he discusses his pay and accommodations with the U. S. Army.
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  Naturalization ceremony program.

  Held at the Huntsville High School auditorium, the ceremony naturalized many of the German engineers who were transferred to Huntsville in 1950.
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  Orders for the transportation of seventeen German civilians to the United States.

  This document identifies the first group of German engineers to be brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip. Seven of the men listed were eventually transported to the U. S. Army post at Fort Bliss, Texas: Wernher von Braun, Wilhelm Jungert, Erich Neubert, Theo Poppel, Eberhard Rees, August Schulze, and Walter Schwidetski. The men were transported from Germany by air and then by train once in the United States.
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  Program from the Challenger disaster memorial service held in Huntsville, Alabama.

  The service was held in downtown Huntsville at the Von Braun Civic Center Concert Hall. The program includes remarks from Edward O. Buckbee, Mayor Joe Davis, and Alabama's Teacher in Space finalist Robert Kirchner.
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  Résumé of August Schulze.

  This résumé outlines Schulze's professional activities and activities in rocketry. The document notes his interrogation by the United States and outlines plans for his "Contemplated Activity" as "Chief of the Subsection 'Thrust Unit'."