The Berlin Airlift
The Soviet Union blockaded this German city after World War II.
What is Berlin.
The year World War II began.
What is 1939.
Children often sent letters and this as a thank you to Lt. Halvorsen.
What are drawings.
Gail Halverson grew up in and still lives in this state.
What is Utah.
The Berlin Airlift began in this year.
What is 1948 (June).
US planes flew in to drop food and supplies for this number of hours each day.
What is 24.
World War II began with this event.
What is Hitler invading Poland.
In the beginning, parachutes were made of this.
What are handkerchiefs.
Lt. Halverson had this in his pocket when he met the group of children behind the fence for the first time.
What is two sticks of Doublemint gum.
During the eleven months of the airlift, 101 of these were lost--many during the brutal winters.
What are lives.
Other than candy, this was the cargo most appreciated by the children.
What is fresh milk.
This event caused the United States to enter the war.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
When Lt. Halvorsen proposed marriage, the ring was in this.
What is the payload of a Little Vittles parachute.
This impressed Lt. Halvorsen the most as he spoke to the group of children behind the fence for the first time.
What is they did not beg him for sweets as children did in most other war-torn places.
Most German children had never seen this type of candy before.
What is bubble gum.
This American company donated more than 4,000 rolls of their product for the airlift.
Who is Life Savers.
Name of the first atomic detonation, located in Alamagordo, New Mexico.
What is the Trinity Test.
When a polio hospital requested a candy drop but was not in the permitted flight path, Lt. Halvorsen did this.
What is visit the children in person.
Halvorsen's way of signaling the children that he was in the plane above them.
What is wiggling his wings back and forth.
"From little things come big things" is wisdom Halverson learned from this person.
Who is his father.
Once the candy drop became an official operation, it was named this.
What is Operation Little Vittles.
This plan was designed to help rebuild the war-torn countries of western Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan.
Lt. Halvorsen does this each time he visits Mercedes.
What is write a note on the original letter he wrote to her in 1948.
Halverson sacrificed sleep for an opportunity to do this--and met the children at the airport fence before it started.
What is a sightseeing trip of the bombed-out city of Berlin.
The Soviet Union lifted the blockade and the airlift ended in this year.
What is 1949. (Blockade lifted in May, airlift ended in September)