The pilot known as the Candy Bomber for air-dropping chocolate and gum to the children of Berlin in 1948 wants to do the same for the kids of Baghdad. When the Soviets formed a blockade around Berlin after World War II, Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen and other U.S. pilots airlifted food, medicine and supplies into the city -- and 23 tons of candy to the German children. In 1994, Halvorsen flew over Bosnia and dropped candy-bar parachutes to the children there. He hopes to make a candy drop over Baghdad once the war is over. "The bottom line is it would lift their spirits. It would be a ray of hope, a symbol that somebody in America cares."
Drop Candy Not Bombs
Drop Candy Not Bombs
