Thursday, November 01, 2007

i want this picture


Col. Paul W. Tibbets, standing, pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, describes the flight during a news conference at Strategic Air Force headquarters on Guam, Aug. 7, 1945, one day after the atomic bombing. Tibbets died Thursday, Nov.1, 2007, at his Columbus, Ohio, home. He was 92. From left are: Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Farrell, Rear Adm. William R. Purnell, Gen. Carl Spaatz, Tibbets, and Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay. (AP Photo/Max Desfor)

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