Tibbets

 During the war, Tibbets flew in 25 combat missions, mostly in Europe, commanding the B-17 Flying Fortress.

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 Upon landing, Tibbets and his crew of 14 were awarded medals.

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For the past 20 years many efforts have aimed at restoring the wetlands but they require a lot of money and time and still depend on technological fixes that attempt to control Mother Nature (Tibbets, 2006).

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 Following the war, Tibbets remained in the newly formed Air Force, being promoted to Brigadier General in 1959.

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To Tibbets it felt as jolting as a near miss by a German 88mm shell.

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On Tinian the party started early and was getting underway when Tibbets landed twelve hours after takeoff.

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For the upcoming mission, Tibbets would fly Dimples 82, which he named Enola Gay for his mother.

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The veterans called on Enola Gay navigator Van Kirk, who was a lifelong friend of Tibbets, to counter the claim.

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In a section heavy with references to Fuoco, Pellegrino writes: "In his private moments, friends reported that Tibbets was occasionally horrified by what he had seen over Hiroshima, and Joe Fuoco often wondered if Tibbets's tendency to glorify his mission ... was perhaps an equal and opposite reaction to what the bomb had done."

Author admits he was duped by a source while researching book on the Hiroshima bombing 2010