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`Candy bomber' targets Baghdad. (Candy Wrapper).(Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen wants to replicate Berlin candy airdrop)(Brief Article)

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Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen, the famed WWII "candy bomber" who airdropped tons of candy to children in Berlin in 1948, says he'd give his "right arm" to do so again for youngsters in Baghdad.

The Spanish Fork, Utah resident has re-enacted his famed candy bombing for school children throughout the United States. He also flew a C-130 cargo plane over Bosnia in 1994, dropping candy bar parachutes for children …

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