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Box 18

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Gail Halvorsen papers, 2001, approximately 1945

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 463
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a chapter from Gail S. Halvorsen's book describing his activities and achievements from 1998 to 2001. Recounts his service in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1974, and becoming the "Candy Bomber" for his "candy raids" during the Berlin Airlift. Also mention shis participation in supply drops over Bosnia, Albania, and Micronesia. Discusses the 1998 flight and celebration in Berlin on the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, Halvorsen's airlift in Albania in...
Dates: 2001; approximately 1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Air Corps pilots

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