[DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine... and Rockets

Himes, Terry (397C) terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov
Fri May 16 11:08:41 EDT 2014


Not entirely true.   WvB resisted the Nazi's and was even thrown in prison towards the end of the war.  It was
Heinrich Himmler and Kammler who ordered the use of forced labor.  WvB was under surveillance since 1943
by the Nazi's.   WvB and his top engineers, Riedel & Grottrup were expressing deep regret that they were building
instruments of war and not spaceships.  A young female dentist who was an SS spy reported their private conversations
and WvB was put in a Gestapo cell in Stettin.   Dornberger was able to obtain his conditional release from Hitler himself.
Orders to terminate WvB and his engineers was given if the war efforts started failing.
This was all reported by French historian and a survivor of the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.

After his defection to the US WvB worked with Pickering (JPL Dir) and Jack Parsons to combine the power of the V2 and
our command & guidance systems.  By early 1957 they were ready to launch a satellite into space.  But Eisenhower told them
to "Stand-Down" and gave the contract to the Navy (Vanguard) systems.  Brilliant!!  Total failure!  Meanwhile, the
Russians beat us into space with Sputnik.   Eisenhower knew he screwed up, and told Pickering to go ahead.   We (JPL/Caltech)
launched Explorer 1 in Jan 1958.   Nasa was formed in 1958.

WvB was made head of NASA in 1960.  WvB was a hero and got us to the moon, along with lots and lots of other American
engineers.

So you have to ask yourself.  What would you do if someone put a gun to your head?





"Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life
  exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried
  to contact us!"

Terry W. Himes
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deep Impact Sequence Team Lead
Deep Impact Spacecraft Engineer & Activity Lead
Rosetta/MEX/VEX Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
Fax:     (818) 393-3147
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>
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From: Pantdino <pantdino at aol.com<mailto:pantdino at aol.com>>
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:06 PM
To: Terry Himes <Terry.Himes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:Terry.Himes at jpl.nasa.gov>>, "lotus0005 at hotmail.com<mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com>" <lotus0005 at hotmail.com<mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com>>, "detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>" <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine... and Rockets

"Defection" of vB?  Because he used slave labor to  build his V2 rockets, which in themselves were designed to kill civilians, he should have been tried as a war criminal.  But because we needed his expertise he became a great American hero.

Just like Klaus Barbie, who tortured French Resistance fighters to death, got a pass from us because we needed his knowledge of where commies were active.



Jim Oddie


-----Original Message-----
From: Himes, Terry (397C) (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>>
To: Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com<mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com>>; detomaso <detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
Sent: Thu, May 15, 2014 11:20 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine... and Rockets


   If you attend the JPL Tour on June 2nd, right after the Run Rally, I
   will be giving a short talk about the
   history of JPL/Caltech/NASA.  Which includes the defection of Werner
   von Braun, 120 of the top German
   engineers, 300 train-car loads of rocket parts and 62 V2's.  While the
   V2's were powerful, the Germans
   did not have the guidance & control.  That came from JPL.   Very
   interesting stuff.

   "Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life

     exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried

     to contact us!"

   Terry W. Himes

   JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   Deep Impact Sequence Team Lead

   Deep Impact Spacecraft Engineer & Activity Lead

   Rosetta/MEX/VEX Sequence Team Lead

   Phone: (818) 393-6261

   Cell:     (818) 653-8213

   Fax:     (818) 393-3147

   [1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov<mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov>

   From: Bill Lewis <[2]lotus0005 at hotmail.com<mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com>>
   Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:56 AM
   To: "[3]detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>" <[4]detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine...

   The little that I have learned from watching the military channel, it
   seems that Germany was about a year away from winning the war - BIG
   Time!  When VictoryEurope occurred, they already had jet plane fighters
   flying.  They were strong onto inventing the Atomic Bomb - and many
   other military machines.  Their downfall (among others) was invading
   Russia.  Ironic how many of their top scientists were pure Jewish, or
   mixed blood, certainly German by nationality.    ---BILL Lewis
   Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 15:32:46 -0400
   From: [5]boyd411 at gmail.com<mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com>
   To: [6]detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine...
   NPC: Very Interesting info about Japanese I 400 submarines
   *Japanese WWII Submarine...*
     *If you haven't seen the attached info before, it is mind boggling!*
      [7]http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html
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   2. mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com<mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com?>
   3. mailto:detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com?>
   4. mailto:detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com?>
   5. mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com<mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com?>
   6. mailto:detomaso at poca.com<mailto:detomaso at poca.com?>
   7. http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html
   8. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com<mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com?>
   9. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com

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   Not entirely true.   WvB resisted the Nazi's and was even thrown in
   prison towards the end of the war.  It was
   Heinrich Himmler and Kammler who ordered the use of forced labor.  WvB
   was under surveillance since 1943
   by the Nazi's.   WvB and his top engineers, Riedel & Grottrup were
   expressing deep regret that they were building
   instruments of war and not spaceships.  A young female dentist who was
   an SS spy reported their private conversations
   and WvB was put in a Gestapo cell in Stettin.   Dornberger was able to
   obtain his conditional release from Hitler himself.
   Orders to terminate WvB and his engineers was given if the war efforts
   started failing.
   This was all reported by French historian and a survivor of the
   Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.
   After his defection to the US WvB worked with Pickering (JPL Dir) and
   Jack Parsons to combine the power of the V2 and
   our command & guidance systems.  By early 1957 they were ready to
   launch a satellite into space.  But Eisenhower told them
   to "Stand-Down" and gave the contract to the Navy (Vanguard) systems.
   Brilliant!!  Total failure!  Meanwhile, the
   Russians beat us into space with Sputnik.   Eisenhower knew he screwed
   up, and told Pickering to go ahead.   We (JPL/Caltech)
   launched Explorer 1 in Jan 1958.   Nasa was formed in 1958.
   WvB was made head of NASA in 1960.  WvB was a hero and got us to the
   moon, along with lots and lots of other American
   engineers.
   So you have to ask yourself.  What would you do if someone put a gun to
   your head?

   "Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life

     exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried

     to contact us!"

   Terry W. Himes

   JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   Deep Impact Sequence Team Lead

   Deep Impact Spacecraft Engineer & Activity Lead

   Rosetta/MEX/VEX Sequence Team Lead

   Phone: (818) 393-6261

   Cell:     (818) 653-8213

   Fax:     (818) 393-3147

   [1]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov

   From: Pantdino <[2]pantdino at aol.com>
   Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:06 PM
   To: Terry Himes <[3]Terry.Himes at jpl.nasa.gov>,
   "[4]lotus0005 at hotmail.com" <[5]lotus0005 at hotmail.com>,
   "[6]detomaso at poca.com" <[7]detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine... and Rockets

   "Defection" of vB?  Because he used slave labor to  build his V2
   rockets, which in themselves were designed to kill civilians, he should
   have been tried as a war criminal.  But because we needed his expertise
   he became a great American hero.

   Just like Klaus Barbie, who tortured French Resistance fighters to
   death, got a pass from us because we needed his knowledge of where
   commies were active.



   Jim Oddie


   -----Original Message-----
   From: Himes, Terry (397C) (397C) <[8]terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
   To: Bill Lewis <[9]lotus0005 at hotmail.com>; detomaso
   <[10]detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Thu, May 15, 2014 11:20 am
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine... and Rockets
   If you attend the JPL Tour on June 2nd, right after the Run Rally, I
   will be giving a short talk about the
   history of JPL/Caltech/NASA.  Which includes the defection of Werner
   von Braun, 120 of the top German
   engineers, 300 train-car loads of rocket parts and 62 V2's.  While the
   V2's were powerful, the Germans
   did not have the guidance & control.  That came from JPL.   Very
   interesting stuff.

   "Sometimes I think the surest signs that intelligent life

     exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried

     to contact us!"

   Terry W. Himes

   JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   Deep Impact Sequence Team Lead

   Deep Impact Spacecraft Engineer & Activity Lead

   Rosetta/MEX/VEX Sequence Team Lead

   Phone: (818) 393-6261

   Cell:     (818) 653-8213

   Fax:     (818) 393-3147

   [1][11]thimes at jpl.nasa.gov

   From: Bill Lewis <[2][12]lotus0005 at hotmail.com>
   Date: Thursday, May 15, 2014 10:56 AM
   To: "[3][13]detomaso at poca.com" <[4][14]detomaso at poca.com>
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine...

   The little that I have learned from watching the military channel, it
   seems that Germany was about a year away from winning the war - BIG
   Time!  When VictoryEurope occurred, they already had jet plane fighters
   flying.  They were strong onto inventing the Atomic Bomb - and many
   other military machines.  Their downfall (among others) was invading
   Russia.  Ironic how many of their top scientists were pure Jewish, or
   mixed blood, certainly German by nationality.    ---BILL Lewis
   Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 15:32:46 -0400
   From: [5][15]boyd411 at gmail.com
   To: [6][16]detomaso at poca.com
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Fwd: Japanese WWII Submarine...
   NPC: Very Interesting info about Japanese I 400 submarines
   *Japanese WWII Submarine...*
     *If you haven't seen the attached info before, it is mind boggling!*
      [7][17]http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html
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   2. [21]mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com
   3. [22]mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   4. [23]mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   5. [24]mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
   6. [25]mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   7. [26]http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html
   8. [27]mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
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   4. mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com
   5. mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com
   6. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   7. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
   8. mailto:terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov
   9. mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com
  10. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
  11. mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
  12. mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com
  13. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
  14. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
  15. mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com
  16. mailto:detomaso at poca.com
  17. http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html
  18. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com
  19. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
  20. mailto:thimes at jpl.nasa.gov?
  21. mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com?
  22. mailto:detomaso at poca.com?
  23. mailto:detomaso at poca.com?
  24. mailto:boyd411 at gmail.com?
  25. mailto:detomaso at poca.com?
  26. http://www.operationstormbook.com/i400_images.html
  27. mailto:DeTomaso at poca.com?
  28. http://poca.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso_poca.com
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