Awards and Ranks: Duty Badges

Then-1st Lt. Gail Halvorsen earned his spot in history flying C-54s and C-47s during the Berlin Airlift of World War II. He earned the nickname "The Candy Bomber" from dropping candy from his aircraft to children below while flying over the American sector of Berlin. (U.S. Army photo)

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