Poor headline “Was Given No Funeral or Gravestone”. It implies he was denied an honor. The story pointed out the truth. He did not want a funeral or gravestone. He asked to be cremated and his ashes scattered over the English Channel. His family respected his wishes.
He was probably right.
Just watched Oppenheimer but don't recall much publicity given to the pilots. Three hour movie - may have missed it!
As much care, and more, ought to be observed for the burial of Hanoi Jane. 😉
Why give the Millennial and Zero G azhos in the America Hating, Homosexual Cancel Culture Club something else for their retarded asses to destroy?
Paul Tibbets
bttt
Above and Beyond. 1952 movie with Robert Taylor as Tibbets.
My father was on Mindanao in the Philippines when the war ended. In addition to bottling up the remnants of the Japanese forces on the island, his 31st Infantry Division (”Dixie”) was gearing up as part of the planned invasion of the Japanese homeland. Estimates of U.S. losses alone were 1-2 million. He was not counting on coming home. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed that, and I’m here today because of that decision.
God bless the memory of Brigadier General Paul Tibbets.
>Very smart insightful man<
I met Gen Tibbets and his wife in a hotel lounge in Orlando. He was one of the most pleasant and gentle men I have ever met. You could tell he was at peace with God.
I purposely didn’t want to talk about the elephant in the room and he seemed to appreciate that. Just a pleasant conversation about....stuff. His wife was a real sweetie for an older gal.
He deserves to rest in peace.
EC
“…during which he found that the bomber was 7,000 pounds lighter - and its performance improved - if its armor plating and armaments were removed.”
Brilliant and astute observation.
My Dad was a Battling Bastard of Bataan, did the Death March and spent four years in a Jap POW death camp.
“We ain't got no mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam . . .”
One uncle built bombers, another was a Seabee, the third cut beryllium in Los Alamos. Without planning it they ended up doing all the things necessary to bring my Dad home.
Back in 1966 I was at the public library in Roswell NM and in a book about the dropping of the bomb someone had scrawled..”TIBBETS! MURDERER!”
Someone else had also written a two page defense of what he did.
My dad, in 1945, had been returned from Europe after the German Surrender to begin training for the invasion of Japan. He told me that when they got news of the first A-bomb on Hiroshima all the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief as they knew the war was almost over.
Interesting note I first found out when in the USAF, after the dropping of the two a-bombs the US continued to pound Japan with conventional bombs up till the surrender was signed.
This was the loading area for the bombers and the bomb pits they had to make to load the bombs onto the bombers.
That way to Japan.
Click-bait headline.
I wonder how long before they start forcing past heroes to be re-interned.
Indeed
I have a picture of the Enola Gay signed by Tibbets and his Navigator Van Kirk. It was taken by my Uncle who was a First Marine Raider who happened to be on Tinian during WW2. I don’t know how to post it here. I just cut and Paste.