[American Quilter]

Bravo!

[ConorMacNessa]

Amen! My father and many guys like him were in line to go to Japan at the end of the war and Paul Tibbets saved a lot of American lives.

[Diogenesis]

WHEN MEN WERE MEN:

TODAY:

[tioga]

It was a hard thing to do, but America made a decision and followed through. All the men on that mission deserve our love and gratitude, NOT endless picketing of funerals. May he RIP.

[AuntB]

Just think if Ron Paul had been in office the bomb would have never been dropped. And we’d all be speaking Japanese/German....instead of English/Spanish! lol

[Combat_Liberalism]

I’d wager most of the idiots who condemn Tibbets and the atomic bombing of Japan would show blank faces if you asked them about the victims of the Bataan Death March and who perpetrated it.

I remember “The Family of Man” and the picture of Tibbetts. This book of photographs was published about 20 years after the war. I did not trust the motives of the photographer or the editor. The photograph did not justly serve the memory of Tibbetts or his comrads in arms who gave all they could to deafeat Imperial Japan. Whether or not Tibbetts descended into alcoholism, plenty who made it back did. As I was growing up, I can’t remember a single one that was pointed out as a victim.

[VOA]

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[Lewite]

My Dad’s Destroyer (USS McDonough) had been crippled twice by insane Japanese pilots flying Kamikaze planes into it. They were back early in 1945 and were not thrilled at invading Japan. Thankfully brave men Like Col. Tibbets saved many American lives. We owe so much to men like him and my Dad and his four brothers also in uniform at that time. We have lost the “pride of our power” that our Loving Heavenly Father has blessed this Nation with. I was in the USAF when Gen. Curtis LeMay was our leader, he was a real protector of our freedom, also.

[schurmann]

Rest in peace, Colonel Tibbets.

[TennTuxedo]

Rest in peace Paul Tibbets. You were a great man.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Colonel Paul Tibbets deserves the eternal respect and gratitude of this Nation.

He commanded the B-29 squadron that conducted the mission which saved the lives of several hundred thousand GIs and an untold number of Japanese.

Semper Fi, Colonel.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Farewell and Godspeed, General Tibbets.

[LIConFem]

I have several autographed photos of Tibbets, including that famous one of him waving out the window of the Enola Gay on the morning before the flight. This guy’s face belongs stamped on a U.S. coin, at the very least.

[bmwcyle]

Hand Salute...............two

[Nebr FAL owner]

My Dad’s family is from Primrose Nebraska . 13 men from that town served in WW2 , 5 were my uncles.

Three were in the Pacific. By the grace of God & the A-bomb they all made it back home alive. HAPPINESS IS A MUSHROOM CLOUD!!!!