General Tibbets Goes West

"xxx" wrote in message
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He did an interview with Studs Terkel a few years ago.

Here's a link to it:

http://www.avweb.com/news/profiles/P...96 499-1.html

What an amazing interview! Thank you for posting this.

-c

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...

Godspeed, General. I thank you for saving my dad's life.

A friend of mine's wife's grandfather died a couple of years ago and they
asked him to come sort through his military stuff and determine what was
important or worth keeping.

Apparently, there's a whole bunch of maps of Japan with invasion routes
drawn on them, and various other documents. Mike called and asked me if I
thought they were important. Heh.

Maybe they were just for training, but, I said the best thing to do would be
to take them to the Evergreen Air Museum or somewhere. Not sure what they
ended up doing, but, this reminds me that I should ask.

-c

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote

He was 92. God speed, General.

Damn. Another fine one of the great generation gone.

Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.

Rest easy, brave one.

I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.

"S Green" wrote in message
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Rest easy, brave one.

I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.

Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.

Have a nice lunch:
http://www.rotten.com/library/histor...pe-of-nanking/
http://www.centurychina.com/wiihist/...r/vivisect.gif
http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/...live400pxh.jpg

Pedophelia, torture, rape, vivisection and civilians being buried alive.
Ask the Marines at Saipan who tried to stop the women from throwing their
kids over the cliff what the probability of a Japanese surrender might have
been.

-c

On 2007-11-02 07:59:29 -0700, Dudley Henriques said:



Personally, I think he did the right thing, although it's puzzling to
me why, considering his goals, he simply didn't choose cremation.

Actually, his family will have him cremated and his ashes scattered on
the English Channel.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

On 2007-11-02 10:56:55 -0700, "S Green" said:


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote

He was 92. God speed, General.

Damn. Another fine one of the great generation gone.

Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.

Rest easy, brave one.

I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.

What a mean thing to say.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

Apparently, there's a whole bunch of maps of Japan with invasion routes
drawn on them, and various other documents.

Dang. Those have to be sobering to view.

My dad was a Captain in the Signal Corps at war's end. Thanks to Paul
Tibbets and the atomic bomb, instead of being shipped off to the
Pacific Theater he stayed in Germany as an aide at the Nuremburg
Trials.

My dad has been gone since '93, but I'll bet he's shaking Paul's hand
right now, thanking him for the good life his children have been able
to lead because the war was ended when it did...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"S Green" wrote in message
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I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.

I am sure you're wrong and equally sure you'll never understand why.

Rest easy, brave one.

I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.

Arrogant, ignorant and meaningless.

You're wasting your breath on the likes of him...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

S Green wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote

He was 92. God speed, General.

Damn. Another fine one of the great generation gone.

Guys like him are pretty dang tough to come by.

Rest easy, brave one.

I am sure there is a place reserved for him in Hell.



Perhaps you will take his place. He's been upgraded.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com