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Paul Tibbets Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Was Given No Funeral or Gravestone
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| Feb 25, 2024
| Rosemary Giles
Posted on 02/26/2024 3:55:49 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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Paul Tibbets' health was in decline for months prior to his death. During this time, he made it clear that he didn't want to have a grave or funeral. He was concerned his plot would be used as a place of protest by those who were against America's actions in Japan and/or against nuclear weapons. He was also concerned it would be desecrated.
Very smart insightful man.
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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.
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:06:40 AM PST
by
Soul of the South
(The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on it n)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Very smart insightful man.He was probably right.
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:07:05 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:12:09 AM PST
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Mark17
Tibbets was more a hero to the Japanese than anyone else. Operation Starvation was was in full force at the time. Had not the U.S. fed the Japanese beginning in August of β45, itβs estimated that 8 million Japanese would have starved in 1945 alone. Those civilians would have died even if no actual invasion had occurred.
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:14:39 AM PST
by
hardspunned
(Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
To: Mark17
He was probably right. Probability of desecration by leftist lunatics is indistinguishable from 100%. Even if he had been buried in Arlington, right next to the guard shack.
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:16:47 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: NorthMountain
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:25:19 AM PST
by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Interesting. Thank you for posting.
Just watched Oppenheimer but don't recall much publicity given to the pilots. Three hour movie - may have missed it!
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:26:44 AM PST
by
Churchillspirit
(Pray for President Trump)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
As much care, and more, ought to be observed for the burial of Hanoi Jane. π
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:33:50 AM PST
by
SMARTY
("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
To: Soul of the South
Exactly. The first paragraph refutes the headline
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:52:28 AM PST
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: Soul of the South
Yes. Extremely misleading.
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posted on
02/26/2024 4:55:47 AM PST
by
rlmorel
("The stigma for being wrong is gone, as long as you're wrong for the right side." (Clarice Feldman))
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Why give the Millennial and Zero G azhos in the America Hating, Homosexual Cancel Culture Club something else for their retarded asses to destroy?
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:05:36 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(John Oliver is a racist liberal biatch.)
To: Soul of the South
You’re right - deceptive anti-American headline. Effing leftists never get tired of lying.
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:05:45 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Democrat superdelegates created to stop the 'black community' from electring the 'wrong person'...)
To: where's_the_Outrage?
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:05:46 AM PST
by
linMcHlp
To: where's_the_Outrage?
Above and Beyond. 1952 movie with Robert Taylor as Tibbets.
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:09:23 AM PST
by
HighSierra5
(The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
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.
To: Soul of the South
“Poor headline”
You are correct. That is a reminder of the poor education and lack of thinking skills today.
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:23:43 AM PST
by
odawg
To: twister881
My father also had trained for the invasion of Japan. He told me the bomb probably save his life.
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:26:53 AM PST
by
Texas Fossil
(Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
To: Churchillspirit
...but don’t recall much publicity given to the pilots...”
And I’m willing to bet the pilots didn’t want any mention. There, in the past, has been too much talk of competition among the services and I believe that should never be part of the military equation. Everyone in the “game” is a team mate. The troops that prepared the aircraft by refitting the bomb with reinforcements, navigated it there, loaded up the weapons, and were instrumental in getting the aircraft launched from Tinian, one of the Mariana Islands, were all part of the mission. So is it important that one person on the team get notority for doing his job? Only for someone’s sensationalism. And God be with him, not him.
wy69
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posted on
02/26/2024 5:30:36 AM PST
by
whitney69
(yption tunnels)
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