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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Gail Halvorsen, The “Candy Bomber” Of The Berlin Airlift
Description: Today in 1948, an unusually sweet moment in the history of the Cold War: American servicemember Gail Halvorsen came up with a plan that would eventually earn him the nickname "the Berlin Candy Bomber." Plus: today in 1952, David Hasselhoff was born. He’s been a TV star, a movie star, a German music sensation and the namesake for a species of crab.
The Sweet Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber (Smithsonian)
Candy bomber visits Saber family, imparts wisdom (Spangdahlem Air Base)
Discovered in the deep: the mini cities of hairy-chested Hoff crabs (The Guardian)
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