{"id":5204,"date":"2020-11-04T18:23:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/04\/the-berlin-candy-bomber\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:15:52","slug":"the-berlin-candy-bomber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/gallery\/2020\/11\/04\/the-berlin-candy-bomber\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Berlin Candy Bomber&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"755\" alt=\"Col. Gail Halvorsen, the &quot;Berlin Candy Bomber,&quot; greets children at a barbed wire fence at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, 1948.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2824\" data-id=\"2824\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kids-and-fence.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kids-and-fence.jpg.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kids-and-fence.jpg.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kids-and-fence.jpg.jpg?resize=768,527 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/kids-and-fence.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,703 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Col. Gail Halvorsen, the &#8220;Berlin Candy Bomber,&#8221; greets children at a barbed wire fence at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, 1948.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Gail Halvorsen, in 1948, demonstrates how he delivered the candy 'bombs'\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2827\" data-id=\"2827\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1237249_orig.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1237249_orig.jpg.jpg 1048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1237249_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=300,229 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1237249_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=768,586 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1237249_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,782 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Gail Halvorsen, in 1948, demonstrates how he delivered the candy &#8216;bombs&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"779\" alt=\"Children look on as a plane flies overhead. In 1948, the U.S. reportedly delivered some 13,000 tons of cargo and took off more than 89,000 times, totaling more than 600,000 hours of flight.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2834\" data-id=\"2834\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2661493_orig.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2661493_orig.jpg.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2661493_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2661493_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=768,544 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2661493_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,725 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Children look on as a plane flies overhead. In 1948, the U.S. reportedly delivered some 13,000 tons of cargo and took off more than 89,000 times, totaling more than 600,000 hours of flight.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Col. Gail Halvorsen, the &quot;Berlin Candy Bomber&quot; demonstrates to two children how the candy parachutes work.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2839\" data-id=\"2839\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8814666_orig.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8814666_orig.jpg.jpg 656w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8814666_orig.jpg.jpg?resize=246,300 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Col. Gail Halvorsen, the &#8220;Berlin Candy Bomber&#8221; demonstrates to two children how the candy parachutes work.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After WWII, during the beginnings of the Cold War, Col. 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