![]() You and your crew are going to fly it.” I said, “Yes sir.” I sent word back and the crew loaded it on an airplane and we headed back, to bring it right on out to Tinian and when they got it to California debarkation point, the war was over. ![]() He said, “Where is it?” I said, “Over in Utah.” He said, “Get it out here. He said, “You got another one of those damn things?” I said, “Yes sir.” Then I got a phone call from General Curtis LeMay. The second bomb was dropped and again they were silent for another couple of days. See, the first bomb went off and they didn’t hear anything out of the Japanese for two or three days. Paul Tibbets: Unknown to anybody else – I knew it, but nobody else knew – there was a third one. Studs Terkel: Why did they drop the second one, the Boxcar on Nagasaki? I knew we did the right thing because when I knew we’d be doing that I thought, yes, we’re going to kill a lot of people, but by God we’re going to save a lot of lives. Of course, that applied to airplanes and people. Maybe I did make a mistake: maybe I was too damned assured.Īt 29 years of age I was so shot in the ass with confidence I didn’t think there was anything I couldn’t do.
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