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How did Mercedes Simon locate gail halvorsen after the Berlin airlift?
Mercedes Simon was a young German girl who lived in outskirts of Berlin during the days of Berlin Blockade and the monumental Berlin Airlift in its wake. Gail Halverson was a USAF pilot who flew during Berlin airlift and became famous for dropping candies for German children with parachutes. Mercedes wrote him a letter and explained him her address and requested for candy to be dropped in her backyard. He however, sent her candy through mail. 22 years later when Gail was stationed in Germany on an official assignment, Is invited by a young couple for dinner. It turned out that Mercedes was the his host and disclosed her identity and thanked him. Their story is described in famous book Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Theis Raven.
Hiw was simon bolivar influenced by the american and french revolutions?
Simon Bolivar was influenced by the American and French revolutions in that he desired the constitutional freedoms that were contained in the American and French documents to become part of the lives of the people of his nation.
How did Simon bolivar's parents die?
Simon Bolivar's parents died from a burnt down house. Bolivar was at school at the time so he was not injured.
Who was Latin America's George Washington?
Simon Bolivar
How did the reformer Henri de saint-Simon try to correct the ills of industrialization?
Saint Simon was born into wealth but worked as a social idealist to make society more egalitarian.
