#Paul warfield tibbets jr

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Before watching this video I had no idea that there was a very strong connection between a 1929 biplane promotion of baby Ruth, candy bars and the pilot of the Enola Gay that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan. 

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Thursday, November 1st 305th day of 2018 Midterm Elections in 5 more days Yule is 50 days away New Year's Day is 60 days away. TODAY IN HISTORY Sophie B. Hawkins (musician) was born on this day in 1967. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (pilot of U.S. B-29 Superfortress bomber Enola Gay) died on this day in 2007. #calendar #todayinhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/BpoxhvOjQhW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q3iisl0cwyhd

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Little Boy

- A picture of the “Little Boy” atomic bomb.

“Little Boy” was the name given to the atomic bomb that was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was the first nuclear weapon to be used in a war. It was created as a result of the Manhattan project, and it was decided that Hiroshima would be a good target because it was a military base and there were a lot of people, because it was a large city. The bomb was dropped by the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” piloted by colonel Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. . After being unleashed on the city it wiped out 90% of the city and immediately killed over 80,000 people and tens of thousands of more people would die from radiation exposure later. 

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Back in the days of the Baby Ruth Flying Circus, local children would be picked from the crowd to assist Doug Davis and the other pilots as they made their candy bombing runs.

In 1927, one of those lucky kids was Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. of Miami, FL. (Well, I say lucky, but his dad was the local Baby Ruth distributor.) It was Paul's first trip in an airplane, and sparked a life-long love of flying.

Eighteen years later, Paul made a bombing run of his own -- as commander and pilot of the Enola Gay, he dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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Kürzlich freigegebene Geheim-Dokumente belegen, wie knapp die Welt einer atomaren Katastrophe entgangen ist. Der US-Oberbefehlshaber William C. Westmoreland plante den Einsatz von Atomwaffen in Vietnam – US-Präsident Lyndon B. Johnson stoppte ihn wutentbrannt.

Bomber Harris, LeMay oder Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr., der die Atombombe über Hiroshima abwarf, sie galten als Kriegshelden.  Einigen war selbst klar, dass sie eigentlich Kriegsverbrecher sind, andere hielten sich bis zum Tod den Guten zugehörig!

Manchmal muss ich an Paulus denken: Nicht gegen Menschen kämpfen wir, sondern gegen die bösen Geister!

Das nimmt heute niemand mehr ernst - und doch wollten mehrere Universitäten hinter das Geheimnis des "Intelligenten Öles" kommen.

In der heutigen aufgeklärten Zeit, blenden viele gewisse Bereiche aus - nicht so die führenden "Logen"! Der Normalbürger würde staunen, was dort so abgeht!

Jedenfalls könnte man sich nicht vorstellen, dass in Japan, wenn die Trauerglocke zur Erinnerung an die Toten von Hiroshima geschlagen wird, Japaner rufen würden:

Do it again, Bomber Warfiel Tibbets!

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Birth of Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr., brigadier general in the USAF, best known for being the pilot of the B-29 'Enola Gay', the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare.

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Enola Gay

- A picture of the “Enola Gay”, the plane that dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

The “Enola Gay” piloted by colonel Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was the plane that flew over the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb. This next quote is from an interview of Tibbets’ “Reflections on Hiroshima” where he recalls that day. “Tom Ryan: General, let me ask you. Are you proud of what you did?

Tibbets: Yes, I am. Because a military man starts out his career with the idea of serving his country and preserving the integrity of that country. I feel that I did just that very thing. I have to say we cannot look at the so-called grimmer aspects of it because there is no morality in warfare, so I do not dwell on the moral issue. The thing is it did what it was supposed to do. It brought peace to the world at that time.”

[I feel if I was the one who did this, I would have a different response. Yes, I would be proud of stopping the war and serving my country, but I would feel bad about what I did. What he is saying makes me feel like he doesn’t feel bad about what happened. I know I’ve never been in a war, but I believe if I was in this position, I would feel bad about this happening.

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Sources Used.

https://www.ststworld.com/manhattan-project/

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Enola-Gay 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar

https://docsteacher.com/manhattan-project/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-nagasaki

https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/little-boy-and-fat-man

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Warfield-Tibbets-Jr

https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/general-paul-tibbets-%E2%80%93-reflections-hiroshima

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maj-gen-charles-sweeney-550195.html#gsc.tab=0