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Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, better known as the "Candy Bomber," shows children at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 22, 2006, how to make a parachute and attach it to a chocolate bar, just as he did during the Berlin Airlift. After World War II, Halvorsen wrote of his experiences in "Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot," a book about a little girl living in Berlin during the airlift.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, better known as the "Candy Bomber," shows children at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 22, 2006, how to make a parachute and attach it to a chocolate bar, just as he did during the Berlin Airlift. After World War II, Halvorsen wrote of his experiences in "Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot," a book about a little girl living in Berlin during the airlift.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, better known as the "Candy Bomber," shows children at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Feb. 22, 2006, how to make a parachute and attach it to a chocolate bar, just as he did during the Berlin Airlift. After World War II, Halvorsen wrote of his experiences in "Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot," a book about a little girl living in Berlin during the airlift.

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