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

[Jerry Knotts]

I remember when Sputnik was launched to the suprise and embarasement of 
the US.  One of the news casters stated that he would like to 
congratulate the Soviet engineers that put Sputnik in orbit, but he 
didn't speak German.

jerry knotts

On 5/16/2014 3:40 PM, Boyd Casey wrote:
>     My grandfather Maj Gen. Hugh J. Casey A was the Chief engineer of the
>     entire Pacific Theater in World War II A and my Great Uncle Gen (4
>     Star) Lucius Clay was he military governor of the US zone of occupation
>     at the end of WWII. So I heard a lot about what happened behind the
>     scenes before , during and after WWII. Werner Von Braun was both
>     accused of being a Nazi A and being guilty of war crimes due to his use
>     of slave labor and his design of weapons used on civilians. It is also
>     true that the SS arrested WVB at one point and if it weren't for the
>     direct intervention of Hitler (possibly at the request of Albert Speer)
>     WVB may have boot surveyed until the end of the war. There was a
>     continual power struggle between Himmler, Goering A and the upper
>     echelon of the Nazis and the S.S.. The bottom line is that The US
>     recognized the importance of Rocket science and recognized WVB as the
>     preeminent expert in Germany. The German Rocket program was located in
>     a part of Europe that was already scheduled to be under the control of
>     the Soviets. The Americans made a mad dash into this area to capture as
>     much hardware and material as well as a many personnel as possible. WVB
>     and his entire staff were at the same time doing everything in their
>     power to surrender to the US instead of falling into Russian hands. The
>     official name of the program to bring German scientists into the United
>     states specifically to work on war related technology was called
>     "Operation paper clip. It was technically Illegal to hire anyone who
>     was officially a Nazi. So efforts were made and personal histories were
>     falsified in order to circumvent theses rules. A subject that I find
>     more interesting is the case of the Japanese germ warfare expert who
>     was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Chinese and possibly
>     some US POW's using germ warfare and doing germ warfare experiments.
>     The United States felt that they were far behind the Japanese and
>     pardoned the Japanese scientist who was responsible for the program
>     that dropped rats carrying fleas infected with bubonic plague on to
>     Chinese cities .He also carried out other absolutely horrible human
>     experimentation test various agents to kill civilians in "Scientific
>     studies". After the war was over and this Japanese individual was
>     pardoned it was found that the Japanese germ warfare program had been
>     conducted in such an amateur manner that is was of virtually no
>     scientific value. So This Japanese scientist who was personally
>     responsible for thousands of deaths ( some of which were absolutely
>     horrible in there cruelty and the level of suffering that it's subjects
>     were forced to endure) got off scot free and we didn't even reap any
>     benefits from all of his "research". At least WVB got us to the moon!
>     Hugh Boyd Casey
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