Item BERLIN AIRLIFT 28 - Interview with US Air Force Col Gail Halvorsen ('the Candy Bomber'), [1997-1998]

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BERLIN AIRLIFT 28

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Interview with US Air Force Col Gail Halvorsen ('the Candy Bomber'), [1997-1998]

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  • [1997 - 1998] (Creation)

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67pp

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Typescript transcript of interview with Col Gail S Halvorsen, US Air Force, describing flying from Rhine-Main, West Germany to Tempelhof, West Berlin during 1948-1949. Explains how Operation Little Vittles-drops of candy to the children of Berlin-was ... »

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