World War II ‘Candy Bomber’ turns 100. Those who caught his candy — now in their 80s — say thanks.
“We were starving to death. Then along came this tall and skinny pilot, who reached into his pocket to give us all that he had. A kindness like that stays with you for a lifetime.â€
Cathy Free, Washington Post
PublishedOct 30, 2020
It was the summer of 1948 when U.S. Air Force pilot Gail “Hal†Halvorsen noticed children clustered around a barbed-wire fence watching military planes at Tempelhof airfield in Berlin.
World War II had ended, and Halvorsen was part of an air mission to deliver food and fuel to desperate Berliners after the Soviet Union had blocked land and water access to areas of the country, leaving millions without access to basic goods.
Halvorsen, then 27, decided to park his plane and say hello to the kids at the fence.
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