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    Colonel Gail Seymour "The Candy Bomber" Halvorsen (October 10, 1920 – February 16, 2022) was a senior officer and command pilot in the United States Air...
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  • American actress Gail Goodrich (born 1943), American basketball player Gail Grandchamp (born 1955), American boxer Gail Halvorsen (1920–2022), American...
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  • jumper Einfrid Halvorsen, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party Gail Halvorsen (1920–2022), American command pilot Gunnar Halvorsen (1945–2006), Norwegian...
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    watching the planes. These actions were first attributed to American pilot Gail Halvorsen, nicknamed "Uncle Wiggly Wings", who began to drop chocolate bars he...
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    crews at their aircraft while it was being unloaded. Airlift pilot Gail Halvorsen later noted, "he put some beautiful German Fräuleins in that snack bar...
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    candy to children living near the airport. The original Candy Bomber, Gail Halvorsen noticed children lingering near the fence line of the airport and wanted...
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    is home to Bear River High School along with other public schools. Gail Halvorsen (1920-2022), was a senior officer in the United States Air Force. Known...
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  • tenor Alfie Boe, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, and Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen aka "Candy Bomber". An album and concert DVD were released on October...
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  • Kiddie Hawk Children's Award Year Winner 2015 Col. Gail Halvorsen...
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    concerts also featured broadcaster Tom Brokaw, who narrated the story of Gail Halvorsen (who also made an appearance) and the candy bombers of the Second World...
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    pioneer Kaycee Feild, bareback bronc rider Jaren Hall, football player Gail Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force candy bomber Ab Jenkins, politician and racing driver...
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    urged the international airlift to continue, and US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen created "Operation Vittles", which supplied candy to German children...
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    leading to the divisions of both Berlin and Germany. Interviewees include Gail Halvorsen, Sir Freddie Laker and Clark Clifford. The pre-credits scene shows the...
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  • 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-02-08. Goldstein, Richard (17 February 2022). "Gail Halvorsen, 'Candy Bomber' in Berlin Airlift, Dies at 101". The New York Times...
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  • Berlin with up to 4,700 tons of daily necessities. U.S. Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen created "Operation Vittles", which supplied candy to German children...
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    Farnsworth, inventor and early television pioneer Vardis Fisher, author Gail Halvorsen, retired Air Force pilot Brent Hill, politician H. Rex Lee, 44th and...
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    included Hollywood star Ralf Möller, NYSE CEO Duncan Niederauer and Col. Gail Halvorsen, the "Candy-Bomber" from the 1948–49 Berlin Airlift. In 2007, celebrating...
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  • American Tribal Historian Robert Dwayne Gruss, Roman Catholic bishop Gail Halvorsen, Berlin Candy Bomber, United States Air Force John Harris (Alaska politician)...
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    Jermaine Sullivan, Ken Niumatalolo, Carolina Muñoz Marin, Bishnu Adhukari, Gail Halvorsen, Dawn Armstrong, Jenna Kim Jones Blair Treu $5,883,132 (all proceeds...
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  • a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed. 1948 – Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin...
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  • (1934 - 2021). Recipient of two Distinguished Flying Crosses, Vietnam. Gail Halvorsen – retired career officer and command pilot in the United States Air...
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    been received from across the world, including a symbolic 100 USD from Gail Halvorsen, the pilot who is attributed to having started the dropping of sweets...
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    opening ceremony were Representative Ben McAdams and "Candy Bomber" Gail Halvorsen. Cedar Valley participates in sports sanctioned by the Utah High School...
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  • contribution to the Vietnam War and transporting U.S. casualties home. Gail Halvorsen is interviewed in the episode discussing Operation Little Vittles. The...
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  • 40, Croatian footballer (Zadar, Šibenik, DPMM), traffic collision. Gail Halvorsen, 101, American pilot ("Operation Little Vittles"), respiratory failure...
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  • composer (d. 2013) Jason Wingreen, American actor (d. 2015) October 10 Gail Halvorsen, American Air Force pilot (d. 2022) Noah Keen, American actor (d. 2019)...
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  • improve the living situation in rural parts of Nepal. "The Candy Bomber," Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force pilot best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber"...
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    one of Spain's North African outposts. Born: U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail Halvorsen, American military officer and humanitarian during the Berlin Airlift...
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  • 2005) 1919 – Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014) 1920 – Gail Halvorsen, American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber." (d. 2022)...
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  • Curtis LeMay, George Gay, Joe Foss, John Mitchell, "Chuck" Yeager, Gail Halvorsen, Paul Tibbets, "Gabby" Gabreski, Robin Olds, Mike Novosel, "Pete" Knight...
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