Photo of the day From the Stripes archives
July 13, 2003
Stephanie James ©Stars and Stripes
Berlin, Germany, June 11, 1984: Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, the famed "Candy Bomber," poses in front of a C-54 — the same type of plane he flew during the post-World War II Berlin airlift — during an air show at Tempelhof Airport. While Halvorsen was carrying out his mission of ferrying supplies into the blockaded city in 1949, he met a group of Berlin children and realized how much they savored the pieces of gum he gave them. On his next trip into the city, he attached bags of candy to three handkerchief parachutes and dropped them — against regulations — to the kids below; it was the start of what would later be dubbed Operation Little Vittles. Halvorsen was a dean of student affairs at Brigham Young University at the time of his 1984 visit to Berlin in conjunction with the 35th anniversary of the airlift.
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Past photos of the day
July 12, 2003:
Bishop Martin Niemoeller, who openly opposed the Nazis, delivers a speech, 1965
July 11, 2003:
Actor Cary Grant meets the press in Tokyo, 1965
July 10, 2003:
Famed composer and songwriter Cole Porter in Germany, 1954
July 9, 2003:
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin onstage in France, 1954
July 8, 2003:
Gen. and Mrs. Omar Bradley in Normandy, 1969. (With story)
July 7, 2003:
Jayne Mansfield poses for photographers in front of the Eiffel Tower, 1957
July 6, 2003:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1969 (With
story)
July 5, 2003:
President Richard Nixon and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, 1969
July 4, 2003:
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower leaves Germany, 1952
July 3, 2003:
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer welcomes Former President Herbert Hoover, 1954
July 2, 2003:
Former President and Mrs. Harry S Truman, aboard the USS Independence, 1958
July 1, 2003:
President John F. Kennedy at Hanau, Germany, 1963 (With additional photos)
June 30, 2003:
Fighting near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, 1966 (With additional photos)
June 29, 2003:
Filming of "The Sand Pebbles," with Steve McQueen and Candice Bergen, 1965
June 28, 2003:
Actor Lee Marvin in Tokyo, 1968.
June 27, 2003:
Singer Eartha Kitt meets the press in Germany, 1962
June 26, 2003:
Eleanor Roosevelt and John Foster Dulles, 1948 (With additional photos and stories)
June 25,
2003: Aristotle Onassis at the Frankfurt airport, 1955
June 24,
2003: Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne as an infant in Germany, 1948 (With story)
June 23,
2003: Robert Vogeler in Vienna, after his release from a Hungarian prison, 1951
June 22,
2003: President and Mrs. Reagan are welcomed to Bonn, Germany, 1982
June 21,
2003: A salute from two generations, 1988
June 20,
2003: The Apollo 11 astronauts stop in Germany as part of their goodwill tour, 1969
June 19, 2003:
2nd Armored Division demonstrates firing of 280mm cannon, 1955
June 18, 2003:
F-15 Eagle takes off from Bitburg Air Base, 1979 (With additional photos)
June 17, 2003:
U.S. defeats the Soviet Union in Olympic hockey, 1980
June 16, 2003:
Sen. Prescott Bush at USAREUR headquarters, 1957
June 15, 2003:
Under fire in Vietnam, 1966 (With
story and additional photos)
June 14, 2003:
New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel mugs for the camera, 1955
June 13, 2003:
Sailor watches Martha Raye show through porthole, 1965
June 12, 2003:
Marilyn Monroe visits the troops in Korea, 1954 (With stories and additional photos)
June 11, 2003:
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in Vietnam, 1966
June 10, 2003:
Filming of "Judgment at Nuremberg," 1961 (With story and additional photos)
June 9, 2003:
Attempted escape to the West foiled in Berlin, 1961 (With additional photos)
June 8, 2003:
Operation Desert Storm, Battle of the 73 Easting, 1991. (With story)
June 7, 2003:
John Wayne at the U.S. Army Hospital on Okinawa, 1967.
June 6, 2003:
Ann-Margret entertains servicemembers in Vietnam, 1966. (With additional photos)
June 5, 2003:
A spectator stretches to get a photo of President Gerald Ford, 1975.
June 4, 2003:
Robert Kennedy greets admirers in Heidelberg, 1964. (With story and additional photos)
June 3, 2003:
Elvis Presley relaxes during an interview in Germany, 1960.
June 2, 2003:
A wounded soldier gets help from two of his comrades in Vietnam, 1967.
June 1, 2003:
Gen. Eisenhower gets the news of Gen. MacArthur's dismissal, 1951.