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Preparing for the first launch of a V-2 rocket
Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: September 9, 2008
Caption: Preparing for the first launch of a V-2 rocket
Additional Description: The first successful launch was at White Sands Proving Ground, May 10, 1946. Note the dignitaries being photographed in the foreground. British Field Marshall Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Admiral Dewitt C. Ramsey, Vice Chief, Naval Ordinance, Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner, Commanding Officer White Sands Proving Grounds, and General Joseph W. Stilwell, Commanding Officer, Sixth Army. This photo is located inside the museum.
Submitted: January 30, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p265519
File Size: 3.141 Megabytes

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