President Clinton at Tempelhof airport in Berlin

President Clinton at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin

	President Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
	Tempelhof Airport was the main operating base for the U.S. Air Force during the 15-month-long airlift
	Kohl, Clinton, Gail Halvorsen and Mercedes Wild in front of Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster. Gail Halvorsen was an Air Force 1st lieutenant and began the practice of dropping candy with handkerchief parachutes to the German children watching the landings at Tempelhof. Mercedes Wild was 7 years old when she asked Gail Halvorson to drop chocolate over her garden near the airport.
	An Air Force Boeing C-17 Globmaster III is christened as the "The Spirit of Berlin"
	10000 Berliners warm welcomed Clinton and the airlift veterans

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