The Candy Bomber by Gail S Halvorsen Denise H. Williams

Author:Gail S Halvorsen,Denise H. Williams [Неизв.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC
Published: 2017-01-06T20:00:00+00:00

I knew my candy ration wouldn’t be enough for all the children, so I enlisted the help of my crew. Pictured from left: me, TSgt. Herschel C. Elkins, and Capt. John H. Pickering.

An image I took myself on that first day I met those children. This is the actual group of children who shared those two sticks of gum.

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Within the first three return steps the children stopped waving. They expectantly awaited my arrival at the fence. Then they saw my hand come out of my pocket and something, unmistakably, was in it.

Their interest and intensity of expression changed in a flash. There were some who jockeyed for a better position to discover what I had. My fears began to rise that the pushing would take an ugly turn, but it was too late to turn back.

In the last few steps to the fence I broke the two sticks of gum in half and headed for the children who had been the translators. Their hands were now through the barbed wire. There was no need to await my verbal offer. My actions had already telegraphed my intent and they had accepted.

The four pieces were quickly placed. There was a short gasp as one boy engaged a fence barb in his forearm because of the excitement. In all my experience, including Christmases past, I had never witnessed such an expression of surprise, joy, and sheer pleasure as I beheld in the eyes and faces of those four young people. Nor do I remember seeing such disappointment as was evident in the eyes of those who came so close. The disappointed looks were transitory and tempered by their much more difficult trials and disappointments over the past months.

There was no fighting or attempts to grab away the prize given to the four who were busy carefully removing the wrapper. No chance could be risked that the smallest piece might fall to the ground.

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