KSL.com reports,
OREM — Seventy years after his first missions, the candy bomber struck again Friday afternoon. Gail Halvorsen dropped 1,000 chocolate bars to anxious kids below at Scera Park in Orem.
Halvorsen first made headlines when he delivered candy to children in Berlin at the end of World War II by dropping parachute sweets. Friday's candy drop was reminiscent of his historic flights during the Berlin airlift decades ago.
At 92-years-old, Halvorsen is now a member of a sharply-declining group of World War II veterans, and Independence Day has a special meaning for him.
"The Fourth of July reminds me that if you want happiness in life, you serve others," he said.
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