it was being collected at fire houses all over the country because of what gale halverson had done.ht he was going to get in trouble for doing it. actually. >> the british, we should probably say something quickly about the british, they were also very much involved in the airlift. they couldn't drop candy because britain was still under, was still living under austerity terms and rationing of food. so they didn't have the candy. >> there were times during the airlift where we kept upping the amount as we could get more stuff into the calories. at one point it got to 2200 calories per person that we were bringing in. that was more than the british were giving themselves. the airlift, by the way, was a british idea. when all of the americans said you can't do this, it was a british air marshal named next wade who sat up -- rex wade who sat up all night with a slide rule, and 4500 tons was what they figured they needed each day. and he brought in how many planes it would take, how often they would fly, etc., etc., and went to lord robertson who was lucius clay's british counterpart. a