Why does Uncle Wiggly wing chocolate for children

Why does Uncle Wiggly wing chocolate for children

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About three years after the Red Sickle and Hammer on Reichstag, announced the victory in Europe for allies, the world faced one of the first major international crises of the Cold War with blockade

Soviet landscapes of railways, roads and canals into Westlin's Western controlled parts.

Western reactions on this is to start a huge amount of food atmosphere, water and medicine for citizens of the city surrounded, a movement called Berlin Airlift.

A US pilot participated in relief efforts to Gail Halvorsen.

When he left, he chose to spend time in Berlin making movies with a handheld camera.

One day, Halvorsen came up to a crowd of children who focused on watching the plane of aircraft in Airstrip, eager to answer their questions.

Origin of the name

As a goodwill gesture, he awarded the last two gum rod of Wrigley for the kids, who then divided it as best as to share around them.

They even surpassed the kids who didn't get any just so they could smell it.

Blowing away by gratitude and ready sharing is shown by the kids, he promises that next time he returns to he will drop more.

Before he left, one of the children asked how they knew he would fly over, but he answered, "I will wigen my wings."

A promise

The next day, as Halvorsen approached Berlin's landing strip in his Skymaster C-54, he shook his plane and dropped a pile of chocolate bars he attached to his handkerchiefs like those

Every day after that, whenever he came near the crowd of children to develop and develop and develop.

As soon as he started, there was a pile of fans at the base ops sent to "Uncle Wiggly Wings", "Chocolate" and "Chocolate."

Halvorsen's commander was a little uncomfortable when the story broke the news.

However William H. Tunner, USAF's aggregate official thought it was brilliant, and immediately put in small movement activities, a dedicated service to drop chocolate and candy for children waiting

Support from abroad

When news to the United States, children across the country began to donate their own sweets to force to drop on Berlin, and soon later, large candy manufacturers also jumped on the plane.

Finally, more than 23 tons of candy was crashed on Berlin, and small operation Vittles was given to U.s.

German children at the airport have come to the nickname of Raisin bombers.