A final salute: Funeral for ‘Berlin Candy Bomber’ will be Tuesday in Provo

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Col. Gail S. Halvorsen — aka the Berlin Candy Bomber — will be laid to rest Tuesday in Provo.

Gail Halvorsen, also know as the "Candy Bomber," poses for a portrait at his son's home in Midway on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. He died last week, and his funeral is set for Tuesday in Provo.Funeral services for Utah’s Gail S. Halvorsen, the much-saluted “Berlin Candy Bomber,” will be Tuesday morning in Provo.

Gail Halvorsen throws chocolate and chewing gum on parachutes from a "Raisin Bomber" over Berlin in October 1948. Halvorsen died last week at age 101. • Tuesday from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the Edgemont Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 303 W. 3700 North, Provo.

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