by Samuel Jackson | Feb 27, 2024 | Article
Participants Mark 75th Anniversary of History’s Largest Humanitarian Airlift Remembering the epic triumph of the Berlin Airlift REFLECTING ON THE EVENT Seventy-five years prior, in the midst of a century scarred by relentless warfare, a new and dire challenge...
by Samuel Jackson | Jan 27, 2024 | Article
GAIL HALVERSON – THE CANDY BOMBER RESTORING HOPE TO EAST BERLIN THE CANDY BOMBER Lieutenant Gail Halverson had been a pilot with transport operations during World War II. After the war, he was stationed at Brookley Air Base in Alabama. When his base received...
by Samuel Jackson | Dec 18, 2023 | Article
CHRISTMAS IN BLOCKADED BERLIN 1948 BERLINERS KEEP THEIR SPIRITS HIGH THE LEAD-UP TO THE BLOCKADE AND AIRLIFT In February of 1945 the country of Germany was divided by leaders of the three wartime allies; America, England and Russia. This was in anticipation of the...
