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(Narrator)
Loved ones, friends, and representatives from two
countries came to pay their respects to an icon

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in military aviation at a ceremony in Provo, Utah.  
Remembered and honored for the next generations.   

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Gail Halvorsen, retired Air Force colonel also  
known as the “Candy Bomber,” is being celebrated   

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for a life and career centered  
around helping others.  

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(Stefan Schneider, Germany’s consul general in Los Angeles) 
To me, he's a kind of angel, and very many, many  
Germans think the same way. He represents   

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the kindness, the kindness of America. We had  
the care packages; you all know the story. 

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[Music]
That story began in 1948 during the Berlin airlift,
later named Operation Vittles, when a then-27-year-old  

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Lt. Halvorsen noticed the conditions  
the children of Berlin were living in and wanted   

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to help. What started with handing out gum and  
candy from his ration pack would later evolve   

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into airdropping nearly 23 tons of candy to the  
children of Berlin using handkerchief parachutes.   

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He demonstrated belief in selfless service  
and used that belief to drive his decisions in everything he did. 

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(Gail Halvorsen) 
The idea of helping one anotheris stronger than the feelings of anger
if we just nurture it. 

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He became a legendary figure on both sides of the Atlantic, 

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(Unknown speaker)
The first chocolate my mom had was an American one.  
(Narrator) 
Remembered by some of Germany's most prominent figures.   

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(Brig. Gen. Frank Graefe, Germany’s defense attaché to the United States)  
I just passed over a letter to the family of the president of the Federal Republic of Germany; the   

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the mayor of Berlin wrote her condolences,  
so there was a lot of media coverage   

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and a lot of condolences from Germany; because he  
is not only an American hero, he is also a German hero. 

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And his impact is still felt today.  

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(Graefe)
I would say he in Germany really famous today, even in the young generation. 
And he is the symbol of the German-American friendship. 

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(Schneider) 
In my view, he is still alive, and he will always be alive in our hearts.