CLASSIC: War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 26 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

During the battle of the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, the First Marine Division seemed doomed. Surrounded, outnumbered, outgunned and running dangerously low on ammunition, the Marines called for an airdrop of ammo only to receive... pallets of tootsie rolls. Over the next two bloody, violent weeks these tiny candies turned out be much more useful than anyone could have predicted -- tune in to learn why some Marines credit their survival to this oft-maligned, strange piece of candy in this week's Classic episode.

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0:00.0	Fellow ridiculous historians, we return to you treats in hand,
0:05.5	just like our good friends at Sweetwater, with a classic episode.
0:09.3	I love war and candy, yeah, yeah.
0:12.7	Oh, wait, no, is I smell it.
0:13.9	I smell sex and candy.
0:16.6	That's correct.
0:17.0	I smell sex and candy.
0:17.8	Yeah, that was the ref.
0:19.8	You got it.
0:20.4	Was that Marcy's playground or just Marcy playground? I don't think it's possessive. Yeah, that's right. That was the ref. You got it. Was that Marcy's playground or just Marcy playground?
0:23.4	I don't think it's possessive.
0:24.9	Yeah, you might be right.
0:26.0	You might be right.
0:26.7	It's a banger though.
0:28.1	But we are kind of talking about candy.
0:31.0	And I think in this classic episode, the infamous Tutsi rule air drop, we also air some of our opinions about scrumptious treats.
0:42.0	Is this the one where y'all gang up on me over almond to joy?
0:45.1	No, that's one we did recently.
0:46.7	Ah, okay. Well, I stand by it. Almond Joy is a delightful treat.
0:50.2	You're still on the almonds.
0:51.4	I'm on the almond joy, baby. Mounds can take it or leave.
0:54.3	Almond to Joy, give me all you got.
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