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·Max was Huntsville. I did a quick search on him. http://www.maxwellhunter.com/ and his wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Hunter He was our consultant for E.R.P.S (Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society.) If anyone knew what Von Braun and the others was like he did. I got my questions answered at that dinner.
His wife Irene https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543287/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm was equally fascinating and had a few stories herself. And she could still sing even at that age. Her stories about pre WWII Berlin Germany and the cabaret scene were also facinating. I wish I could remember them better.
I was always fond of operation Paperclip. The film Operation Crossbow, went full on James Bond. Some of these guys were my neighbors growing up. Most of them were accountants as much as engineers. They often had strange things in the garage and interesting hobbies.
Sometimes we forget there were real people behind all these fantastical things.
Labelling and compartmentalising, perhaps one of mankind's greatest achievements that has allowed us to thrive as a species but also one that encompasses perhaps some of our worst traits such as hatred, misunderstanding and war.
We tend to forget that our fellow man and women are complete fully functioning beings with agendas and personalities that are highly individualised, multiply that by 7 odd billions walking the planet and you come to realize that not everything can be encompassed in short easy answers such as films and what govt's like to portray.
