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Shot of retired US Air Force Colonel Gail Halvorsen, "the candy bomber" who broke the rules by dropping gum and chocolate bars to German children during the 1948-49 Berlin Blockade, demonstrates how candy was attached to parachutes for airdrops to children. This image was used in the June 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Hill Air Force Base
State: Utah (UT)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/06/1996
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