Gail Halvorsen, Berlin Airlift's 'Candy Bomber' and Mormon i

Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, the "Candy Bomber" whose exploits endeared him to a generation of children in war-ravaged Berlin and made him an iconic figure in his Mormon community, died Wednesday at his home in Salt Lake City. He was 101.

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