On this episode of Our American Stories this is the story of Gail Halvorsen a young pilot in the US Army Air Corps who was assigned as a cargo pilot to the Berlin Airlift in which US forces flew much-needed supplies into a war-torn Soviet-blockaded Berlin following WWII As he performed his duties Lt Halvorsen began to notice the German children gathered by the fences of Tempelhof Air Base Knowing that they had very little an idea sprang He would bomb Berlin with candy Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information
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