The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
Andrei Cherny, . . Putnam, $29.95 (624pp) ISBN 978-0-399-15496-6
In 1948, West Berliners were suffering and hungry, existing on food rations transported by trucks, trains and barges primarily by the occupying American forces. The Russians, trying to control the divided city, blockaded the transports on June 24, 1948, and American and British pilots risked their lives to airlift in 4.6 billion pounds of food and supplies until the blockade was lifted in May 1949. Pilot Hal Halvorsen won Berliners' hearts by secretly dropping his and his buddies' candy rations by parachute into the waiting hands of the city's children. In the process, says Cherny (
Reviewed on: 02/18/2008
Genre: Nonfiction
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