Candy Bomber Quotes

“Suddenly, out of the mist came a parachute with a fresh Hershey chocolate bar from America. It took me a week to eat that candy bar. I hid it day and night. The chocolate was wonderful, but it wasn't the chocolate that was most important. What it meant was that someone in America cared. That parachute was something more important than candy. It represented hope. Hope that someday we would be free. Without hope the soul dies.”
― Michael O. Tunnell, Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

“I can live on thin rations but not without hope”
― Michael O. Tunnell, Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"

“I was able to give them a little candy and a little hope, but they were able to fill me up with so much more.”
― Michael O. Tunnell, Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"