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November 2nd, 2007
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| 100% Space Shuttle Door Gunner | Post; Brigadier General Paul Tibbets dies at 92 (Enola Gay Pilot)Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Today (Nov 1 2007). He was 92 and insisted for six decades after the war that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night. Tibbets died at his Columbus home. He suffered from a variety of health problems and had been in decline for two months. Tibbets had requested no funeral and no headstone, fearing it would provide his detractors with a place to protest, said Gerry Newhouse, a longtime friend. Tibbets wanted to be cremated, and have his ashes dispersed into the waters of the English Channel. Rest in Peace Brigadier General Paul Tibbets United States Air Force February 23, 1915 – November 1, 2007  Brigadier General Paul Tibbets - "I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night". Brigadier General Paul Tibbets - “If you give me the same circumstances, hell yeah, I'd do it again.”
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Milforum's Bouncer | Rest easy sir. Its a sad testament he felt he needed to go without memorial. He deserves better.
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Milforums Spamkiller | R.I.P. I actually saw that plane in the museum here in D.C.
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November 2nd, 2007
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| Milforum's Bouncer | This man helped save millions of lives. |
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November 3rd, 2007
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| No Chance Outside | RIP. Too bad history was not too kind to him. He was a man doing his duty for his country and did it well.
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November 7th, 2007
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| Optio | Quote:
 R.I.P .
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November 7th, 2007
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| No Chance Outside | You can say the same for Ataturk as well. General George Washington... or just about anyone who's been involved in war. |
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November 7th, 2007
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| Optio | Yes you are rite. But Ataturk did not drop a nuclear bomb on the civilians . But you are rite he served for his country and did his best. |
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November 7th, 2007
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| No Chance Outside | Whether you drop an atomic bomb or take part in a firebombing raid that kills even more people (and doesn't even end the war) ... people die in war. Sucks but that's life. |
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November 8th, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Well The Japanese were not to fussy just how many people that they killed when they were winning the war, nor did they acknowledge any of the International treaties that were around at that time. They raped and pillaged China killing millions, but still that was when they were winning, they did the same in Korea, but even today they wont acknowledge what they did in these countries. All they can do is to blame the Americans for what happened to them
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