Tom Brokaw Interviews Gail Halvorsen (The Candy Bomber)

Tom Brokaw interviews Gail Halvorsen (The Candy Bomber) and the two discuss Halvorsen’s efforts to share candy and gum with the children of war-torn Germany and the impact of his charitable activities.

[@JasonNation72]

This dear gentleman, Gail Halvorsen, passed on 2/16/22 at 101 years old. I believe he was rewarded with a long, fruitful life because of the generous act of what he did in Berlin. Rest in peace Colonel Halvorsen, thanks for your service.

[@msminer8508]

From our seats in the orchestra, we could see many people weeping. Brother Halvorsen touched a lot of hearts that night including those of us on the stage.

[@WesB1972]

A truly great American. God bless you Colonel Halvorsen. This simple act is proof that one person can make a huge difference in the world.

[@mikewrasman5103]

Amen! And Amen!

[@aurorealis3249]

How blessed we are to experience the wisdom, grace and unconditional love of one man - Col. Gail Halverson! Please remember all our service members worldwide - They need our prayers of protection. As a member of a family of veterans - service to country is what makes our country great for we know "freedom is not free."

[@msminer8508]

From our view in the orchestra we could see many guests in the audience weeping. Brother Halvorsen’s story touched many hearts that night - including ours on the stage.

[@douglaslloyd5959]

Tom Brokaw wrote "The Greatest Generation" about those who served in WWII. What a wonderful tribute to one of those.

[@dalpz205]

Wow. Humanity in the horrors of war. God bless him. 🙏

[@cherifleming8529]

What a beautiful story of a giving by a wonderful man Colonel Halvorsen. Fills my heart with love for all those men who did such a meaningful gift to those children. Amazing story.

[@brigittegreen4720]

baby ruth candy was my favorite and I used to get candy from soldiers driving trucks and couldn't get through the tunnel and I was around 6 years old and would show them the other direction to get past the train tracks in Munich and now am 78 living in the US and married a B 24 pilot in charge of 300 men flying out of India

[@DarthSpiderMaul]

RIP Gail Halvorsen. You may think you only dropped candy, but you delivered hope to those who had little to nothing. You made the world and that's more valuable than anything money can ever buy. No one can ever take that away. I'm sure you're in a much better place now because of what you did. Thank you for everything you did.

[@TheQuicksilverdog]

A real American hero, God Bless him!

[@justinseegmiller4807]

Thats for sure

[@skudaarkaat1]

God BLESS those Berlin Airlift pilots.

[@kitchiesmom]

RIP Colonel Halvorsen. Thank you for your service ❤️

[@paulwatson2499]

A true HERO in every way...

[@RollingEasy]

I've always believed that in this life, you can only take one thing with you when you leave it..... You can only take what you gave.

[@davekisor1486]

Andre Cherney wrote "The Candy Bombers: The untold story of the Berlin Airlift and America's finest hour. If you haven't read it, you should.

[@DiviAugusti]

Added on Audible.

[@Songslaughter]

My next door neighbor was part of that "candy bombing".

[@garrettgrant9015]

The nicest person I have ever heard of

[@hearttoheart4me]

RIP Col Halverson. You done good and will continue beyond your years.

[@kathryncarter6143]

Way awesome!!!

[@reginaalmaraz7561]

What a sweet man with a big heart. Beautiful stories.. 😊🥰👍

[@timplewright9027]

Wow gods angel.

[@jimaugie4993]

Such a great man! Rest in peace Gail.

[@cougar-sl1de]

Part of this video was featured in a spoken word message recently

[@SwordDestin]

R.I.P ❤️

[@timengineman2nd714]

Just learned that Gail Halvorsen died on the 16th of February, 2022 at the age of 101....

[@karyshort4994]

He was a good man.😆

[@kanorkanor2866]

Back when US is

[@jxyzplayz2701]

This is a no-no bc they touched each other a couple times and no mask.ITS QUARANTINE. But this was made 2014 so nvm. ALWAYS WEAR A MASK AND STAY SAFE