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Paul Tibbets Jr., who flew plane that dropped first atomic bomb, dies at 92
Columbus Dispatch ^
| Thursday, November 1, 2007 10:29 AM
Posted on 11/01/2007 8:43:44 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it; abb
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posted on
11/01/2007 11:08:04 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: IamConservative
I wonder if his duty ever haunted him? Not in the least ... he felt, and rightfully so, that the bomb dropped on Hiroshima brought the war to a swift conclusion ... saving perhaps millions of lives ... both American and Japanese.
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posted on
11/01/2007 11:08:17 AM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: F15Eagle
I wonder if Leslie Groves could have passed a physical at that time ;)
Being a construction guy, I’m not a big fan of engineers. I do respect some of them, though...
To: snippy_about_it
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posted on
11/01/2007 11:15:14 AM PDT
by
ripley
To: SevenofNine
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posted on
11/01/2007 11:18:00 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(................BEWARE!!!.........the SAPP............)
To: NCC-1701
I met him once many years ago when I was working in a restaurant kitchen. There was a private function attended by a large number of vets ( wish I could recall what organization hosted) and the owner mentioned he was there. I came out of the kitchen to meet him. Really a nice guy, Rest in Peace.
To: SevenofNine
Oddly enough, I just watched a History Channel documentary on the Manhattan Project two days ago. Col. Tibbets was interviewed and mentioned he wanted there to be no chance any other plane in the entire USAAF would have the same name as his aircraft. He felt his mothers name was unique and used it for his aircraft.
To: Proud2BeRight
Mine as well—my father was a noncom mechanic working in a motor pool on Leyte and wasn’t a combat infantryman, but had already been told that when the balloon went up for an invasion, he’d be going ashore as a grunt.
Japan still had a million or more men under arms, and they had THIRTY MILLION civilians supposedly ready to resist an invasion, with nothing but bamboo spears and stones if need be. The killing would have made Stalingrad look like a bar fight.
}:-)4
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posted on
11/01/2007 12:00:38 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(Ron Paul is like a beautiful plate of food ruined by a cow patty.)
To: tanuki; ImaGraftedBranch; pissant; Calpernia; Kevmo; MNJohnnie
Bump for truth. War is Hell, and the most merciful thing to do is end it.
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posted on
11/01/2007 12:06:12 PM PDT
by
Ultra Sonic 007
(Look at all the candidates. Choose who you think is best. Choose wisely in 2008.)
To: warsaw44
You were a very fortunate guy to meet him.
(Turning green with envy).
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posted on
11/01/2007 12:14:44 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
To: snippy_about_it
To: Colonel_Flagg
Good to see you sir, as always.
112
posted on
11/01/2007 12:34:31 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
To: SevenofNine
Dear Seven,
It would only be cold if there was something bad about his plane or his mission. Neither is true so it was an honorable thing to do.
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posted on
11/01/2007 12:37:24 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
To: Cali Redneck
Whoa. You must read about the engineers in Europe during WWII. Very smart, very fit. Of course the combat engineers were different than desk ones.
A good read is “First Across the Rhine” about the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion by Colonel David E. Pergrin.
“Why did the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion stand its ground during the Battle of the Bulge when many combat and support outfits broke and fled? According to Pergrin, former commanding officer, pride, morale, training, and leadership caused the 291st to be named the premier engineer battalion in Europe in WWII. “
From one of the many great reviews.
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posted on
11/01/2007 12:46:15 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
To: al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; ...
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To: tanuki
We lived in Japan in the 1950s. Our maid, Masako, was a 10 year old in 1945, forced to work in a munitions factory in Yokohama. The building had a large red cross painted on the roof.
The building was hit anyway by the bombing of early '45 and after the fires were brought under control, she was put to work salvaging some of the machinery which was set up in caves dug into the soft sandstone bluffs.
12 years later, I played with my Japanese playmates in those caves and repeated words and phrases Masako taught me. In about 1959, a little kid got hurt in one of these caves and the MPs ordered all of them to be cemented shut. All of them were closed with one exception near our house. This was an occupied cave where a poor Japanese family still lived. The front of the cave was covered with tin, with a tiny smokestack through this wall. They heated the place with a single hibachi stove that burned a pressed chunk of charcoal located under the low dining table. The family sat around this table with a heavy quit covering their legs to stay warm.
To: tomkow6
OHH how sweet I think I change my mind of naming your plane after your mom
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posted on
11/01/2007 12:52:23 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: PAR35
I think you’re right. 1 million casualties were predicted with 100 to 200 thousand deaths from the invasion.
To: abb
Thanks, abb. Don’t have the ping list on hand (it is on my home computer) and I’ll ping the thread out later today.
119
posted on
11/01/2007 1:01:32 PM PDT
by
indcons
To: dfwgator
don’t look—it just isn’t worth the acid stomach.
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posted on
11/01/2007 1:39:34 PM PDT
by
ariamne
(Proud shieldmaiden of the infidel--never forget, never forgive 9/11)
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