European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Berlin Airlift and memories of . Presence Dale vice Hose who forget the past Are doomed to . Students and teachers of Thomas a. Roberts elementary school in bar Len re cantly got a taste of history. Literally. Gail Halvorson a retired colonel Many know As the Candy bomber flew one final Candy bombing run in Berlin on Dee. 15, dropping Over 1,000 Candy bars with parachutes attached on the children of tar. A. A a Halvorsen dropped Candy bars and gum from his plane during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. He did it again last month because he was taught an important lesson about Freedom when he visited a group of 30 children in Berlin during the real Airlift. A then i received a lesson about priorities they were More interested in Freedom than flour a Hal open laugh Garallua Kop Votca Croatia a 1993, cartoonists a Wnters Syndicate 0 1993,.cartoon# a writer Syndicate Levin Usa / cd a it lev Worsen writes in his autobiography the Berlin Candy bomber. Halvorsen details his first conversation with these children. As he started to leave he was gripped with a sense of something different a none of the children had asked for Candy. What made that unique was his own experience of seeing children from other countries instantly ask Macri cans in uniform for sweets. Those Berlin children Over four decades ago were so genuinely grateful Fot Freedom and our desire to help them with food supplies they refused the beggars Rote instead they asked serious questions about the amount of Lour each plane was Able to Quot Carr Halvorsen was so impressed by this he wanted to offer them what they did not ask for. And he wanted to offer the goodies in Masse. He initially dropped Candy from his own rations and those volunteered by his Crew. Later when the press applauded his efforts the Mission was dubbed a operation Little vittles and supplies began pouring in from All Over the world. Halvorsen has stayed in touch with a few of the children whom he Quot bombed Many years ago. Last month a new generation of children Learned of the generosity of the american spirit. Diana Reynolds president of the tar parents and teachers association explains that the Candy bombing reenactment was designed to teach children Why we Are in Berlin in the first place and Why it is time to leave. A. Mercedes wild one of the original recipients of. Candy bombs was present at the re enactment. A it is important for these children to remember they have Freedom and warm rooms to sleep in a said wild. A we arc thankful for their fathers and grandfathers for what they have done for the chit Drin of Berlin.�?�, russians Liberal democratic party recently received the largest number of votes in parliamentary elections. The party a Leader Vladimir a Mirinovsky suggested that he would use nuclear weapons on countries including Germany that meddled in russian affairs. Such talk rattles wild who says the russian Bear is not sleeping. She is frightened by the Allied departure from Berlin. Many of us have talked with europeans in their 60s and 70s and have experienced the gratitude of those who were victims of world a r ii and More recently the cold War. Those who truly remember the past will never allow it to repeat  of us who have limited history would do Well to teach our children Why we Are in Berlin and Europe. It is a younger generation of americans asking us to return Home. Older americans and most europeans with a sense of history want us to stay. V Quot we can claim Victory in the cold War and it is the primary reason we Are drawing Down. But history also teaches that when we draw Down we Are less threatening to aggressors who think they can take advantage of our smaller numbers. Let us remember Why we came to Europe. Maybe we  be going Home just yet. Dale vice works in Berlin. Send in your column plus photo of yourself to be our guest sunday Magazine the stars and stripes Apo 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37, d-64278 Darmstadt Germany contents Ltd from the cover. 4-5 the Best and Vorst movies. Dave barrys 1993 6-9 looking Back Over 12 months Odds amp ends. 10 Erma Bombeck on hiding stars. In tune 11 films for 1994. This weeks films. 12-13 Chuck Vinch drowsy during Quot Geronimo. A military circuit listings. Television listings. 14-17 local Cable and satellite schedules. Home entertainment. 18 video and 1993 reviews. Voices a  20-21 Andy Rooney s 2,000th column. Joe Bob wonders about the color of a a Carousel. A a starry 199322-23 ajar in and out of Hollywood words amp wit. 24 William Safire recalls his mistakes.  25 hits and misses of 1993. I on Parade. The popularity of Antonio Banderas. 21 last laugh . 28 Landing on 1994 with Wiley. Warner Bros. Julia Roberts marriage to Lyle Lovett was part of a wild year in Hollywood. Pages 22 and 23. Sunday is a weekly supplement of the stars and stripes editor Bucky Fox Art direction Susan Harris production Bernard Jensen editorial assistance Louis Pierce Page 2 sunday. January 2. 1994