Maj. Charles Sweeney (Nagasaki Pilot) has died

FoxNews | 7-18-04 | admiralsn

[admiralsn]

Fox News just reported that a great American hero, Major Charles Sweeney, has died. Maj. Sweney was the pilot who dropped the bomb on Nagasaki, Japan to help bring an end to WW2.

[admiralsn]

Rest in Peace Major Sweeney.

[admiralsn]

No offense meant to GENERAL Sweeney (apparently he was a Major when he made the drop- later became General.) Here is a link: http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040718/1038246.asp

[pt17]

Already posted with some detail and debate at this Link

[admiralsn]

Oops. Sorry. I did a search for Sweeney. Should have included Nagasaki in the search.

[pt17]

Oops. Sorry. I did a search for Sweeney. Should have included Nagasaki in the search

No problem, especially if they're different articles from two different sources. Sweeney and Tibbets were among the (very) many heroes of my generation.

[Vision]

God Bless Sir, we'll take it from here

[COEXERJ145]

Already posted with some detail and debate at this Link

Yeah, and there is a real :cough: uninformed person :cough: posting in that thread.

[A.A. Cunningham]

[dandelion]

God bless you, Charles Sweeney... you saved my father from certain death on the beaches of Japan.

Rest in peace with him.

[pt17]

Yeah, and there is a real :cough: uninformed person :cough: posting in that thread.

Since we share that same opinion, I wonder if we're thinking of the same person (i.e., the one with whom I had some bones to pick)?

[ChevyZ28]

I also had some bones to pick with that person, if we are talking about the same one. I still say his screen name should be "the stoner".

[COEXERJ145]

A very good possibility.