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Veterans honor Berlin Airlift's 60th anniversary
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By Flag Gazer(Flag Gazer) WASHINGTON, June 27, 2008 - For 50 years, Dub Southers recalled the grueling hours he worked at an air base in northern Germany at the start of the Berlin Airlift, not the historical significance of what he helped to achieve as a flight ...
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Berlin Airlift reminds us of American might
Sourdough Sentinel - Wasilla,AK,USA
...Pacific Air Force's strategically-placed C-17s obviously travel faster, farther and carry greater loads than the aircraft during the Berlin airlift. ...

Weapons of food, fuel
Chicago Tribune - United States
By David Rising AP BERLIN — Germany marked the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift on Thursday, celebrating an unprecedented undertaking ...

Berlin airlift anniversary 60 years in the making
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia
...Veterans of the famous Berlin airlift reunited in Germany to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the life-saving operation. Allied planes streamed into the ...

Germany Marks 60th Anniversary Of Berlin Airlift
RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA(RTTNews) - Germany commemorated Thursday the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, the largest humanitarian operation of its kind. ...

60th anniversary of Berlin airlift
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
...Germany commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift, when western allies kept the city supplied despite a Soviet blockade. ...

Berlin Airlift Veterans Return to Germany for Anniversary
By AmericasNewsTodayCom
...For 50 years, Dub Southers recalled the grueling hours he worked at an air base in northern Germany at the start of the Berlin Airlift, not the historical significance of what he helped to achieve as a flight engineer and crew chief. ...
By Air Force Link Top Stories
...American, British and French veterans have returned to Germany to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. Dr. Helmut Trotnow, the curator of the Allied Museum in Berlin, attributed part of the dissolution of the Soviet ...
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Berlin Airlift Veterans Return to Germany for Anniversary
By Steve For 50 years, Dub Southers recalled the grueling hours he worked at an air base in northern Germany at the start of the Berlin Airlift, not the historical significance of what he helped to achieve as a flight engineer and crew chief. ...
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Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift
By Admin Germany marks 60th anniversary of Berlin Airlift.
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60 Years Later, Berlin Airlift Remembered
By admin It was the beginning of the Berlin airlift — the biggest humanitarian operation of its kind. “Berlin was in rubble and was not very pleasant at that time after the war,” recalls Traute Grier, who was going on 16 at the time of the ...
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Germany remembers Berlin airlift
BBC News - UK
...Germany has been commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift, when the Western allies kept the city supplied despite a Soviet blockade. ...

Germany remember Berlin airlift on 60th anniversary
International Herald Tribune - France
AP BERLIN: Germany on Thursday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift, celebrating an unprecedented undertaking that probably ...

Germany celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift
Daily Mail - UKBy Daily Mail Reporter
...Germany yesterday remembered the first battle of the long Cold War - the heroic Berlin Airlift which thwarted Soviet plans to starve ...

FACTBOX - What was the Berlin airlift?
Reuters - USA(Reuters) - This week marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin airlift. Below is the history and some facts behind the western allies' response ...

Air force men retrace route of Berlin Airlift
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UKBerlin - Allied air force personnel who took part in the Berlin Airlift flew the route again Thursday, with their president, Earl Moore, recalling in Berlin ...

Berlin Airlift vets return to Germany for anniversary
Edwards Air Force Base - Edwards AFB,CA,USA
...Her search found the Berlin Airlift Veterans Association and he became its secretary. He ended up visiting Germany that year for the 50th anniversary, ...

Southern California Veterans Remember Berlin Airlift
89.3 KPCC - CA,USA
The Soviet blockade led to the Berlin Airlift, the first "battle" in the Cold War, and a rousing American victory. KPCC's Susan Valot spoke with some ...

Germany celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Berlin airlift
This is London - London,England,UK
...Germany yesterday remembered the first battle of the long Cold War - the heroic Berlin Airlift which thwarted Soviet plans to starve the western half of the ...

Germany: 60 Years Later, Berlin Airlift Remembered
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic
...It was the beginning of the Berlin airlift -- the biggest humanitarian operation of its kind. "Berlin was in rubble and was not very pleasant at that time ...

'Uncle Wiggly Wings' and Berlin's Candy Bombers
NPR - USA
...On the anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, co-host Ari Shapiro talks with Andrei Cherny, author of The Candy Bombers, and pilot Hal Halvorsen, whose secret ...

60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift
By economax On June 24th 1948 the Soviet Union closed off all roads and supply roads to West Berlin to get power over the half of the city occupied by France, Britain and the United States. Only 2 days later the United States and Britain launched ...
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Germany remembers Berlin airlift
By pbtt A small group of veterans was on Thursday due to visit the Allied Museum and Tempelhof airport, which served as the hub of the Berlin airlift, to pay tribute to the pilots who lost their lives during the operation....
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Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift
By Zoe Connolly(Zoe Connolly) Berlin Airlift Monument in Berlin-Tempelhof, displaying the names of the 39 British and 31 American pilots who lost their lives during the operation. Similar monuments can be found at the military airfield Wietzenbruch near the former ...
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When America Stood Tall: The Berlin Airlift of 1948
By Jeff During the current period when there is much discussion of the need for a strong American public diplomacy program, the Berlin Airlift reminds us that strong public diplomacy begins with a sensible foreign policy and that for now we ...
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Germany remembers Berlin airlift
By Darith A small group of veterans was on Thursday due to visit the Allied Museum and Tempelhof airport, which served as the hub of the Berlin airlift, to pay tribute to the pilots who lost their lives during the operation. ...
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'Friends Always' - Germany and the US Commemorate the 60th ...
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USABy German Embassy June 24, 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, one of the most important dates in the history of US-German friendship. ...

Berlin Airlift a Cold War turning point
MLive.com - MI,USABy DAVID RISING AP BERLIN (AP) — On June 26, 1948, when the Berlin Airlift began, chances of success seemed slim and its significance was unclear. ...

Germans Remember the Berlin Airlift - With Gratitude?'
American Daily - Stow,OH,USABy Jack L. Key (06/23/08) The AP’s Sunday report on June 22 of the German remembrance of the 1948 Berlin Airlift was a piece of Barak Obama endorsement ...

60 Years Ago--Berlin Airlift Kept Berlin Free
By r morris(r morris) My favorite story of the Berlin Airlift involves a Utah man named Gail Halversen, better-known as the 'Candy Bomber'. Other names given to him by German children were: Uncle Wiggly Wings, The Schokoladen Flieger, Uncle Wackelfluger ...
By Ryan(Sue Ann) June 24, 1948: In the early days of the Cold War the Soviet Union challenged the West's right of access to Berlin. The Soviets created a blockade and an airlift to supply some 2250000 people at West Berlin resulted. ...
By admin Sixty years ago, the Allies flew supplies into Berlin in response to the Soviet-initiated blockade of the western portion of the city. No sooner had World War II come to an end, than the next war began: the Cold War. ...
On Tuesday, the German capital marked the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. More than two million people were rescued from starvation in the first major standoff in the Cold War between East and West.
By Rich Liebson This week marks the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, when American and British flyers began hauling countless tons of food and supplies into the divided German city in defiance of a Soviet blockade. ...
The Local - Hamburg - Hamburg,GermanyOn the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, Steve Kettmann speaks with Andrei Cherny, author of The Candy Bombers. The former speechwriter for Bill ...

Veterans of Berlin Airlift gather
BBC News - UKBerlin Airlift veterans are to gather at a Shropshire museum to mark the 60th anniversary of the operation. About 40 members of the British Berlin Airlift ...

The Berlin Airlift in Numbers
Deutsche Welle - Germany
...The so-called Berlin Airlift began on June 26, 1948 and ended 14 months later on August 27, 1949. Over the course of the airlift, 2.34 million tons of food, ...

Airlift saved Berlin from Soviet stranglehold
Monsters and Critics.com - USA
...Two days later, the allies responded to the blockade by organizing the Berlin Airlift, the biggest and most important humanitarian operation of its kind ...

'We saved Berlin,' says pilot of 1948 airlift
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
PETERSBURG — Ask Charles Hundley to describe the 225 missions he flew in the Berlin Airlift, and he'll give you a proper military answer: "It was just ...

60th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift
By DWPTA 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift Blockade On June 12, 1948 the Soviet Union declared that the Autobahn, leading into Berlin from West Germany, was "closed for repairs." Three days later, road traffic between the sectors was halted ...
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By Vector One On Thursday of this week Berlin will celebrate the Berlin Airlift of year’s ago. From where I live now, I can still see a ‘Rosinenbomber’ (Douglas C-47) daily, flying over the city as it takes tourists from Tempelhof Airport. ...
Summary: National Post, Canada As detailed by British writers Anthony Read and ... US and friendly nation laws prohibit fully ... with our laws this report cannot be provided in ... Military News and Information Editor ...
Thursday is the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift - the daring American-led operation to feed some 2 million West Berliners under Soviet blockade.
By Marni Soupcoff It was one of the most-amazing sights of the Cold War. By the hundreds, plane after plane thundered into the Berlin airports of Gatow, Tempelhof and... More.
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