During “Operation Vittles”, later known as the Berlin Airlift, one American pilot met a few Berliner children and shared some gum with them. He promised to bring some more. “How will we know your plane?” they asked. ”I’ll wiggle my wings,” he answered. And so, Uncle Wiggly Wings, Lt-Col. Gail Halvorsen began dropping chocolate bars attached to parachutes improvised out [...]
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The Candy Bomber and the New Embassy
Posted in Politics, tagged airlift, berlin, bush, embassy, halvorsen, merkel on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
