(Photo courtesy White Sands Missile Range Museum)
Morning of May 10, 1946, at Launch Complex 33, White Sands Proving Ground. Photo by Martin Sauber
In the foreground VIPs including (left to right) British Field Marshall
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson; Adm. DeWitt
C. Ramsey, chief of Naval Operations; Lt. Col. Harold Turner, commander
of White Sands Proving Ground;
and Gen. Joseph Stillwell, commanding officer of the 6th Army, get
into position for a publicity shot. Meanwhile,
soldiers in the background finish preparations on a modified V-2 rocket
prior to firing later that morning while
others take time out to kid around.
