Project Paperclip Team at Fort Bliss.

In a move that stirs up some controversy, as part of "Operation Paperclip," the United States shipped 88 German scientists to
America to assist the nation in its production of rocket technology.
Most of these men had served under the Nazi regime and critics in
the United States questioned the morality of placing them in the
service of America. Nevertheless, the U.S. government, desperate
to acquire the scientific know-how that had produced the terrifying
and destructive V-1 and V-2 rockets for Germany during WWII, and
fearful that the Russians were also utilizing captured German
scientists for the same end, welcomed the men with open arms.

The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers,
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay
and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von
Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on
the eve of the Anschluss in 1938.

The original Broadway production of The Sound of Music,starring
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel (below),was a smash success
from the very night of its opening.