[re_tail20]

Col. Paul Tibbets and his men broke the Japanese fanaticism with their two atomic bombs and thus paved the way for an end to the war and the killing, the prevention of many additional deaths, and the free and prosperous Japan that we’ve known for 60+ years.

Despite lots of criticisms from Lefties who are freaked out about nuclear weapons, nobody could reverse or take away from them what they did. They had every reason to be proud for all their days.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I recall Major (then MGEN, retired) Sweeney being interviewed by David Burdnoy on one of the anniversaries of Hiroshima, around 1995. I remember his absolute moral clarity and ease of conscience. He was a remarkable man.