SPANISH FORK, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Candy Bomber Foundation is pleased to announce Gen. (ret.) Mike Minihan as their new Chairman of the Board, effective November 1, 2024. Minihan recently ...

OREM, Utah (AP) — A pilot who delivered candy to children in Berlin at the end of World War II parachuted sweets down to Orem to celebrate Independence Day. Gail Halvorsen, 94, also known as the ...

As World War II’s Berlin Blockade intensified 78 years ago, Utah native Gail Halvorsen was a transport pilot helping to bring supplies to a West Berlin that was cut off from receiving supplies by ...

DENVER (AP) — A U.S. military pilot known as the "Candy Bomber" for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended has died. Gail Halvorsen died Wednesday in his home state ...

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