The Berlin airlift, initiated in response to the Soviet blockade of western-controlled sectors of the city in June 1948, is among the most potent symbols of the cold war. The city and Germany had ...

Tempelhof Airport stands as a symbol of resilience in Berlin's tumultuous history. During the Berlin Airlift, this site ...

and flies it around the country doing candy drops like today's and explaining the importance of the airlift. CHOPP: What they did for Germany in Berlin, it's a symbol of hope. And that's probably ...

Halvorsen during the Berlin Airlift. Credit: AP One of those waiting ... Whether for good or bad, it has become a symbol of the American intent.” The Truman administration agreed.

The chocolate uncle became a symbol of my father ... In 1997, during the 50th anniversary of the airlift at Temploehof Airport in Berlin, Wild was invited on stage alongside Halvorsen and ...

"This building was initially conceived as a symbol of power," Lippmann says ... forces used Tempelhof for deliveries during the Berlin Airlift. The airport later opened to commercial travelers.

The Berlin Airlift veteran, known as the Candy Bomber ... praising the students for their "wonderful questions. ... You are the symbols of hope as you grow up. Remember, one individual can make ...

symbols, as the american anthropologist clifford geertz once put it, “store” meanings . the berlin airlift , initiated in response to the soviet blockade of western-controlled sectors of the ...