The world knows Dino as Dean Martin—the King of Cool, a voice that filled radios, nightclubs, and silver screens.
But fewer know William, his older brother. He wasn’t a singer or a star. He was an aerospace engineer at North American Rockwell, part of the team working on the Saturn rockets—the engines that carried Apollo astronauts to the Moon.
While Dean dazzled audiences in Vegas, William worked late nights on the systems that would help make history.
His daughter Adri recalled, “When I was ten, he told me, ‘We’ll have a man on the Moon before you’re twenty.’ I didn’t believe him. But in 1969, I watched it happen—just like he said.”
Two brothers. Two very different dreams.
One gave the world laughter and music.
The other gave it the stars.
And from stage lights to moonlight, the Crocetti family helped America shine a little brighter.
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