Book description
The Berlin Candy Bomber is a love story-how two sticks of gum and one man's kindness to the children of a vanquished enemy grew into an epic of goodwill spanning the globe-touching the hearts of millions in both Germany and America.
In June 1948, Russia laid siege to Berlin, cuttingâŠ
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Nothing epitomizes the striking success of the Berlin Airlift more than the true story of the so-called âcandy bomber.â
This was a USAF pilot who on his own initiative started dropping candy tied to handcrafted mini-parachutes out of his transport plane to give the children of Berlin a little sweetness in their otherwise bleak lives. His gesture more than any transformed the âterror bombersââresponsible for so much of Berlinâs destructionâinto friends in the eyes of the Berliners.
This book is an autobiographical account by the candy bomber himself, Lt. Gail Halvorsen. It is written with candid clarity and heartwarming charm.âŠ
From Helena's list on The best books on the Russian blockade of Berlin and the Allied Airlift.
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