Christmas from heaven : the true story of the Berlin candy bomber
Record details
- ISBN: 9781609077006 (hardbound w/ dvd : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1609077008 (hardbound w/ dvd : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm + 1 sound disk (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) - Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Shadow Mountain, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Includes DVD of Tom Brokaw with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square" --Title page. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Halvorsen, Gail S Berlin (Germany) History Blockade, 1948-1949 United States. Air Force. Military Airlift Command Biography Air pilots, Military United States Biography |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Independence Branch | J 943.155 Brok (Text) | 33126017816327 | JChristmas Nonfiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Presents the story of how an American pilot participated in the Berlin Airlift and decided to drop candy for the German children caught behind the post-World-War II Soviet blockade, an effort intended to heal the wounds of war. - Deseret Book Co
Christmas from Heaven is the story of the humble beginnings of what became a beacon of hope to a war-torn land, the story of Gail Halvorsen, a young pilot in the US Army Air Corps who was assigned as a cargo pilot to the Berlin Airlift, in which US forces flew much-needed supplies into a Soviet-blockaded Berlin.
As he performed his duties, Lt. Halvorsen began to notice the German children gathered by the fences of Tempelhof Air Base. Knowing that they had very little, he one day offered them some chewing gum. From that small act, an idea sprang: He would "bomb" Berlin with candy. Fashioning small parachutes, he and his crew sent them floating down as they approached the Berlin airport, wiggling the wings of their C-54 as a signal to the children that their anticipated cargo would soon arrive.
Lt. Halvorsen became known by hundreds, if not thousands, of children in Berlin as "Uncle Wiggly Wings" or "The Candy Bomber." Word soon spread, and donations of candy and other supplies poured in from sympathetic Americans. Lt. Halvorsen's small idea became a great symbol of hope not only to German children in a bombed-out city but to all those who yearned for freedom.
- Deseret Book Co
âFrom little things come big things,â Gail Halvorsen remembered his father saying. As a twenty-seven-year-old American pilot, Brother Halvorsen's job was to airdrop much-needed food and supplies to the people of West Berlin in the aftermath of World War II. But it was his simple gift of two sticks of gum that launched an extraordinary humanitarian endeavor and earned him the nickname âThe Candy Bomber.â Each day as hundreds of small white parachutes delivered treats to the children of West Germany, the wounds of war began to heal. âOperation Little Vittlesâ captured the imagination of people everywhere, bringing the spirit of Christmas to a world in need of peace and hope.Famed broadcast journalist and author Tom Brokaw brings this remarkable true story to life in a stunning live performance with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, captured on the accompanying DVD.Also included in the book is a template and directions for creating your own âCandy Bomberâ parachutes.