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Airbridge to Berlin
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"Chocolate Flier"
A group of Berlin children try to express their appreciation to Lieutenant Gail S. Halversen, the originator of Operation Little Vittles, for the thousands of packages of gum and candy he and his friends dropped over Berlin in tiny parachutes.
Miniature parachutes can be seen dropping from Halvorsen's C-54 as he brings the plane in for a landing at Tempelhof.
Halvorsens bunk becomes a factory for miniature parachutes weighted with Lyons chocolate bars.
A young girl with one of the estimated 150,000 Schokoladenflieger gifts dropped over Berlin.
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