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How two sticks of gum started Berlin’s candy parachutes

History & Nostalgia

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U.S. Air Force · Halvorsen interview and airlift stories U.S. Air Forces Central / Airman · historical account PBS American Experience · Gail Halvorsen U.S. Air Force · 46,000-pound estimate supporting U.S. short tons DVIDS · June 15, 2012 visit photo record Original @odditydrop Instagram post Utah Air National Guard · 2022 remembrance

Credits cover all seven photographs used in the published seven-slide Instagram carousel and these website originals. The works are documented U.S. federal-government photographs, public domain in the United States; that statement does not assert worldwide public-domain status. The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement.

THE IMAGES

Gail Halvorsen preparing candy parachutes during the Berlin Airlift era, 1948–1949.
IMAGE 01

Gail Halvorsen preparing candy parachutes during the Berlin Airlift era, 1948–1949.

Creator / photographer
U.S. Air Force; photographer unidentified
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
C-47 aircraft in the unloading line at Tempelhof during the Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949.
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C-47 aircraft in the unloading line at Tempelhof during the Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949.

Creator / photographer
U.S. Air Force, courtesy of the Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
Retired Gail Halvorsen in Charleston on June 15, 2012.
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Retired Gail Halvorsen in Charleston on June 15, 2012.

Creator / photographer
Airman 1st Class Ashlee Galloway / U.S. Air Force
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset & source
Gail Halvorsen demonstrating a candy parachute at Pope Air Force Base on February 22, 2006.
IMAGE 04

Gail Halvorsen demonstrating a candy parachute at Pope Air Force Base on February 22, 2006.

Creator / photographer
Ed Drohan / U.S. Air Force
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
A C-54 drops candy parachutes during the Berlin Airlift, circa 1948–1949.
IMAGE 05

A C-54 drops candy parachutes during the Berlin Airlift, circa 1948–1949.

Creator / photographer
U.S. Air Force / National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons
Gail Halvorsen meeting children during a Charleston visit on June 15, 2012.
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Gail Halvorsen meeting children during a Charleston visit on June 15, 2012.

Creator / photographer
Airman 1st Class Ashlee Galloway / U.S. Air Force
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original source photograph without website overlays; responsive display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide used cropping, text and a slight brightness increase. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset & source
A later commemorative portrait of Gail Halvorsen leaning from a C-54 static display; the exact year is not asserted.
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A later commemorative portrait of Gail Halvorsen leaning from a C-54 static display; the exact year is not asserted.

Creator / photographer
U.S. Air Force
License / usage
Public domain in the United States · U.S. federal-government photograph
Changes
Original photograph without graphic overlays; responsive website display may crop it. The associated Instagram slide was cropped and overlaid with text. Downscaled to at most 1600 pixels for website delivery and JPEG-compressed; available embedded metadata retained.
Original asset · Wikimedia Commons

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