The people of Steinstuecken, and the American soldiers and diplomats who protect them, were determined to keep this village, a “little pocket of freedom” in Communist territory, free.
A group of veterans are rallying support for a campaign urging the White House to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom on the "Berlin Candy Bomber."
Governments in Germany and other NATO states are alarmed by reports of a significant U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during the final weeks of the Trump administration.
Retired Air Force Col. Gail S. Halvorsen, aka the "Candy Bomber" for dropping candy to children out of his plane during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, turned 100 years old this month.
By Genelle Pugmire, (Provo, Utah) Daily Herald via the AP