Bill Clinton in Berlin

President Clinton in Berlin

On May 14, 1998, fifty years after the Berlin airlift President Clinton spoke at Tempelhof airport with airlift veterans and christened an Air Force Boeing C-17 Globmaster III as
"The Spirit of Berlin".

During his speech President Clinton said the German words:

"Berlin bleibt doch Berlin!"
("Berlin is still Berlin!")

External Links:

Clinton commemorates Berlin airlift (CNN)
Grateful Berlin to honor airlift veterans (CNN)
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation
Berlin Airlift Site
Berlin Airlift Veterans Association
The Airlifter Page

Internal Links:

Photographs from the Tempelhof Airport, taken on May 14, 1998

Homepage of East Berlin City Guide

Berlin Airlift Bookstore

City Under Siege : The Berlin Blockade and Airlift - 1948-49
Michael D. Haydock / Hardcover / Published 1998

Berlin in the Balance, 1945-1949 : The Blockade, the Airlift, the First Major Battle of the Cold War
Thomas Parrish / Hardcover / Published 1998

Berlin Airlift
Arthur Pearcy / Hardcover / Published 1998

The Berlin Airlift (Turning Points in American History Series)
Scott Westerfeld, Scott Westerfield / Paperback / Published 1989

The Berlin Airlift (Turning Points in American History Series)
Scott Westerfeld / Library Binding / Published 1990

The Berlin Airlift
Ann Tusa, John Tusa / Paperback / Published 1998