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Still no regrets for frail Enola Gay pilot (Col. Paul Tibbets)
Columbus Dispatch ^
| August 6, 2005
| Mike Harden
Posted on 08/06/2005 4:18:39 AM PDT by Columbus Dawg
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From this morning's Columbus Dispatch about Columbus native Paul Tibbets.
To: Columbus Dawg
Just by chance, I got to have lunch with Col. Tibbets and his wife in Portugal a few years back. One of the most fascinating hours of my life.
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posted on
08/06/2005 4:23:01 AM PDT
by
NavVet
(“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
To: Columbus Dawg
Great read. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
08/06/2005 4:23:30 AM PDT
by
andyandval
(Try flushing a book down the toilet....get back to me on how you did)
To: Columbus Dawg
A great article!
A "tip-o-the hat" to Mike Harden for writing it and you, CD, for posting it.
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posted on
08/06/2005 4:30:40 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
To: NavVet
I was a child when this happened and consider him a great hero.
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posted on
08/06/2005 4:33:36 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Columbus Dawg
He should be commended for his service to this country. I know he is here on
FR.
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posted on
08/06/2005 4:37:15 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(Be a Good Mullah Now ...)
To: Columbus Dawg
Brigadier General Paul Tibbets is a true American Hero. Reading the title of the post, it seems to me like the Columbus Dispatch hack is disappointed to see General Tibbets without a regret for doing his job.
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posted on
08/06/2005 4:41:19 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Will work for a tagline.)
To: Columbus Dawg
Tibbets is an inspiration to us all. What a story of dedication, intelligence, and competence.
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posted on
08/06/2005 5:07:44 AM PDT
by
marktwain
To: Columbus Dawg
God Bless and Happy H-Day!
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posted on
08/06/2005 5:16:03 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: Columbus Dawg
I believe the pilot should still be held in high regard - he did a job that had to be done - and the "new history" revisionists would like to make him out to be a mass murderer.
It was still a dangerous job - and it saved more lives than it took by accellerating the end of the war.
I would like to shake his hand and thank him for his service to our country.
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posted on
08/06/2005 5:31:18 AM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of Satan)
To: Columbus Dawg
Great article. Well done sir. His actions saved thousands of lives and and shortened the war.
To show the younger fliers that their fears were unfounded, Tibbets recruited two Womens Air Service Pilots to train on the B-29. To the embarrassment of the male pilots, they maneuvered the B-29 superbly, even with two of the four engines shut off.
What are you guys, men or mice?
He convalesces in a home guarded by a yammering chihuahua named Lolita and looks out on a front yard whose chief adornment is a weeping Japanese cherry.
Hah, as a owner of chihuahuas, I can attest to their yammering.
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posted on
08/06/2005 5:45:25 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Columbus Dawg
There was a great show on the history channel last night on this topic. Looks for reruns this week. Great stuff.
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posted on
08/06/2005 5:47:01 AM PDT
by
quantim
(I'm at the point now where I refer to all liberals as "insurgents.")
To: Columbus Dawg
good story. but this bugged me...
"By late 1941, Tibbets had earned his commission and wings and, on Dec. 7, was flying his A-10 attack bomber to Savannah, Ga..."
err, the A-10 wasn't developed until late 60's. first flight in 72' I think.
must be a typo, probably meant P-47 thunderbolt. tho I didn't think it was availible until later in WWII.
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posted on
08/06/2005 5:57:07 AM PDT
by
gdc61
To: Columbus Dawg
What an interesting and great man!
To: Columbus Dawg
who formed the unshakeable brotherhood that become the only religion some men ever know.Good line.
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posted on
08/06/2005 6:01:17 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(What I've dared, I've willed; and what I've willed, I'll do!)
To: Columbus Dawg
This is a man we will all miss when he is gone.
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posted on
08/06/2005 6:06:23 AM PDT
by
Gritty
("A narrowly drawn law-enforcement approach to war will simply order up a new rubber stamp-Mark Steyn)
To: Columbus Dawg
there had to be something better in life than administering arsenic treatments to syphilitics You know, I'm thinking this didn't take a whole lot of thought.
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posted on
08/06/2005 6:11:28 AM PDT
by
vikzilla
To: JRios1968
Reading the title of the post, it seems to me like the Columbus Dispatch hack is disappointed to see General Tibbets without a regret for doing his job.Mike Harden is a great reporter. I doubt that he wrote that headline.
Most newspaper headlines are written by copy editors who don't have a clue about the article's content, or they are trying to create some controversy where there is none.
To: Columbus Dawg
also could have meant B-10, which was a post WWI bomber. first single wing bomber I believe. uglier than a A-10 too!
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posted on
08/06/2005 6:15:48 AM PDT
by
gdc61
To: Columbus Dawg
Last September at a local air show (Lunken Field, Cincinnati Ohio) Paul Tibbets was signing his newly updated book 'ENOLA GAY'. The line at his desk was fairly long but I waited patiently (not a attribute of mine) knowing this was an opportunity not to be missed. Spoke briefly with Paul Tibbetts as he signed my book (you have to speak into a small amplifier as Tibbetts, like all old bomber pilots, is hard of hearing). He signature, dated 9-11-04, and my brief conversation with a legend was well worth the wait.
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posted on
08/06/2005 6:18:03 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
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