{"id":307,"date":"2010-10-18T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/wilkinson\/2010\/10\/18\/event-news-berlin-1948-the-candy-bomber-the-baseball-sergeant-and-the-airlift-that-saved-a-city-a-speaking-engagement-with-col-gail-halvorsen-berlin-candy-bomber-and-sergeant-earl-albers-nov\/"},"modified":"2010-10-18T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T22:30:00","slug":"event-news-berlin-1948-the-candy-bomber-the-baseball-sergeant-and-the-airlift-that-saved-a-city-a-speaking-engagement-with-col-gail-halvorsen-berlin-candy-bomber-and-sergeant-earl-albers-nov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/wilkinson\/2010\/10\/18\/event-news-berlin-1948-the-candy-bomber-the-baseball-sergeant-and-the-airlift-that-saved-a-city-a-speaking-engagement-with-col-gail-halvorsen-berlin-candy-bomber-and-sergeant-earl-albers-nov\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin 1948: The Candy Bomber, the Baseball Sergeant and the Airlift That Saved a City, a speaking engagement with Col. Gail Halvorsen (Berlin Candy Bomber) and Sergeant Earl Albers, Nov. 17, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_BTO4-mVZl68\/TLzJVvey5bI\/AAAAAAAACzo\/jY6up6BBSv4\/s1600\/220px-GailHalvorsen1989.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_BTO4-mVZl68\/TLzJVvey5bI\/AAAAAAAACzo\/jY6up6BBSv4\/s320\/220px-GailHalvorsen1989.jpg\" width=\"213\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Col. Gail Halvorsen, &#8220;Berlin Candy Bomber&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">\ufeff<\/span>Col. 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