Looking back at the Berlin Airlift with historian Richard Reeves
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Listen back to our interview with Annenberg School lecturer, columnist, and presidential biographer RICHARD REEVES about his recent book, Daring Young Men: The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift. It’s about the U.S. pilots who risked their lives to distribute food and supplies to those who were considered enemies just a couple years earlier.
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