CGS hosted a two-day symposium commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. The symposium kicked off on April 10th with a keynote address from Gen. Darren McDew, former commander of U.S. Transportation Command, delivered at the opening banquet. Attendees included Berlin Airlift pilot Col. Gail Halvorsen, known as the “Candy Bomber.” Symposium events the following day included three scholarly panels on the events of the Airlift, Germany in the early Cold War, and the legacies and lessons of the Airlift, respectively. The symposium concluded with a reception featuring an “Aggies in the Airlift” exhibit curated by the TAMU Libraries and the the Deputy Consul General from Houston German Consulate presenting Col. Halvorsen a gift in recognition of his service and heroic actions during the Airlift.
