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 Here he is to share his story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories it was never supposed to be them but through an extraordinary chain of events Lt Bill Owen's crew managed to become the first B- crew to drop bombs in the heart of the Third Reich John O'Neil Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force tells the story as his father the tail and waist gunner on the B- told it Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

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 [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories 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 [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories it was never supposed to be them but through an extraordinary chain of events Lt Bill Owen's crew managed to become the first B- crew to drop bombs in the heart of the Third Reich Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Jeanne Bishop tells us the story of the brutal murders of her beloved family members and how a change of heart changed her life and so many others John O'Neil Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force tells the story of his father the tail and waist gunner on the B- Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - Making Peace with My Sister rsquo s Killer - John O rsquo Neil On The First B- To Bomb BerlinSee omnystudio [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories nbsp Jeanne Bishop tells us the story of the brutal murders of her beloved family member and how a change of heart changed her life and so many others John O'Neil Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the nbsp National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force tells us how Lt Bill Owen's crew managed to become the first B- crew to drop bombs in the heart of the Third Reich Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - Making Peace with My Sister rsquo s Killer [... more]