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Wolfgang Krueger is the executive director of the The Goethe-Zentrum (German Cultural Center) in Atlanta. The center supports and informs all those who would like to teach or study German and those interested in Germany and its culture. Through a variety of cultural events the center promotes international cultural cooperation and plays a large role in building bridges of understanding and in conveying an appropriate image of modern Germany.

Colonel Gail Halvorsen is a retired career officer and command pilot in the US Air Force. He is best known for piloting C-47s and C-54s during the Berlin airlift (also known as "Operation Vittles") during 1948–1949. Halvorsen would go on to fill several domestic and overseas assignments during the remainder of his Air Force career. He returned to Germany in the early 1970s, as the commander of Tempelhof Air Base in western Berlin.

Heinz Gerd-Reese oversees the airlift foundation, which is devoted to the financial support of the families of veterans of the airlift, airlift veterans associations, and the organization of student exchange programs. Reese, at the time the Berlin Wall collapsed, was attached to the office of the mayor of Berlin and dealt with the city’s relations with the allies, the international community, and in particular the practical problems caused by a divided city.

Doris Galambos (pictured with Gail Halvorsen and the Berlin Bear mascot) was 7 years old when she and her two brothers shared a piece of hard candy that dropped out of the sky over Berlin, Germany, where they lived. At the time, she didn't know where the candy came from, but she never forgot it. A retired circus performer, she is now 68 and living in Sarasota, FL.

Kim Cobb spent two years at the California Institute of Technology in the department of geological and planetary sciences, after earning her doctorate in oceanography in 2002. She joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2004.

John Nolan is a trained studio artist, art historian, scholar, writer, local history expert, and father of three. He is also the owner of Greenville History Tours.

David Janssen is also an associate professor of English at Gordon College, and is the associate editor for *Studies in Popular Culture*.