She was Enola Gay Haggard before she married my dad, and my dad never supported me with the flying – he hated airplanes and motorcycles. And that particular moment changed the whole world around. But once upon a time, you flew a plane called the Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima, in Japan, on a Sunday morning – Aug– and a bomb fell. I noticed as we sat in that restaurant, people passed by. Now we’ve had a nice lunch, you and I and your companion. Paul Tibbets: Hey, you’ve got to correct that. Me and Paul Tibbets, 89 years old, brigadier-general retired, in his home town of Columbus, Ohio, where has lived for many years. Studs Terkel: We’re seated here, two old gaffers. I had some doubts about its authenticity, but have been able to confirm that it emanated from The Guardian newspapers in the UK, so it’s legit. It’s strangely compelling - a “peek under the tent” at one of the strangest and saddest events in recent history. Studs Terkel’s interview of Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay (that’s the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima for those too young to know about it) has been making the rounds of the internet as an email attachment.
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