Brigadier-General Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr

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Brigadier-General Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr

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Brigadier-General Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7073441.stm


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He had a huge responsibility and task to perform. It is sad that he wanted his gravesite to be unknown and no headstone. He feared demonstrators would use it for a protest site. :cry:
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One of the greatest of the airmen of the US Air Force!
An interesting interview from back in 2002 with Studs Terkel:
http://www.avweb.com/news/profiles/Paul ... 499-1.html
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