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Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen stands next to a handkerchief parachute artifact that will be displayed in the new Defense Humanitarian Relief Corridor dedicated in the Pentagon, May 19, 2009. Halvorsen dropped candy-laden parachutes from his aircraft to Berlin children during the Berlin Airlift, earning the nickname "Candy Bomber." DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Molly A. Burgess

Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen stands next to a handkerchief parachute artifact that will be displayed in the new Defense Humanitarian Relief Corridor dedicated in the Pentagon, May 19, 2009. Halvorsen dropped candy-laden parachutes from his aircraft to Berlin children during the Berlin Airlift, earning the nickname "Candy Bomber." DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Molly A. Burgess

Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen stands next to a handkerchief parachute artifact that will be displayed in the new Defense Humanitarian Relief Corridor dedicated in the Pentagon, May 19, 2009. Halvorsen dropped candy-laden parachutes from his aircraft to Berlin children during the Berlin Airlift, earning the nickname "Candy Bomber." DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Molly A. Burgess

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