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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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I actually Met Paul Tibbets, Brigadier General, USAF (Ret) in person and got to talk to Him. The setting was at Hanscom AFB, MA in the Base Theater where He, His bombardier and His Navigator from the Enola Gay were all there. To hear the first hand account from the crew that dropped the first Atomic bomb ever was very interesting and Hi, To hear History up close that from three men that had such a big part in it. When their presentation and speech was over they didn't disappear, they all spent a coupe hours talking to people. including Me.
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SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth
SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth
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What a GREAT experience!
Thanks for recounting your time with BG Paul Tibbet’s(Ret)...
A thrill you will never forget!
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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you Maj Marty Hogan for letting us know that February 23 is the anniversary of the birth of brigadier general in the United States Air Force Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. who is best known as the pilot who flew the Enola Gay (named after his mother) when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Rest in peace Paul Tibbets!
Colonel Paul Tibbets, Pilot of the Enola Gay, describes his mission dropping the Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFcymt8jmOo

FYI Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Michael Thorin SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SP5 Robert Ruck SP5 Dave (Shotgun) Shockley SPC Margaret Higgins SrA Christopher Wright
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LTC Stephen C.
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When the name Enola Gay is uttered, everyone always thinks of Tibbets' B-29. Here's a photo of his mother, Enola Gay Tibbets, who (as described above) was the namesake of his aircraft, the Enola Gay!
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Maj Marty Hogan
Maj Marty Hogan
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Thanks for adding this in Col- awesome. Did not know that .
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