Col. Gail Halvorsen : Uncle Wiggly Wings

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Memories in Germany of US soldiers handing out sweets, chewing gum or fresh oranges are still omnipresent — especially for the generation born during or right after the war.

Many Germans fondly remember eating their first lollies and fresh fruit during an era when people in bombed-out cities were starving or selling their family heirlooms on the black market for small amounts of of flour, butter or oil just so they could get by.