Service Before Self
Some airmen at the time had mixed emotions about helping their former enemy – the country that had been shooting at American pilots a mere three years prior. Halvorsen admitted that he had issues with it at first, but his feelings quickly changed once he discussed it with a fellow crewmember.
Lt. Gail Halvorson. Source: Pinterest
“He told me that it is a hell of a lot better to feed them (rather) than kill them and that he was glad to be back,” Halvorsen recalled. Service before self was the prevailing maxim at that point. “That is what causes your enemy to become your friend.” It was during one of Halvorsen’s first missions that he understood what the mission was indirectly providing the people of Germany…