The intervening years has brought me many letters and personal contacts with individuals who maintain that they would not be alive if it had not been for what I did.
In fact, I viewed my mission as one to save lives rather than take them. To me it mean putting an end to the fighting and the consequent loss of lives. 'On Augas the Enola Gay approached the Japanese city of Hiroshima, I fervently hoped for success in the first use of a nuclear type weapon. Albury, Co-Pilot, ‘The Great Artiste’ Hiroshima 8-6-45, Bockscar, Nagasaki 8-9-45.” Fine in a fine dust jacket.
Presentation copy, signed by Tibbets and five fellow American WWII aviators, “Paul Tibbets”, “Dutch Van Kirk”, “Morris Jeppson, Weapon Test Officer, Enola Gay Mission”, “Jack Widowsky, Navigator – ‘Top Secret'”, “Russ Gackenbach, Nav – Necessary Evil, Hiroshima, 6 Aug. $1,450.00 Item Number: 128208Ĭolumbus, Ohio: Mid Coast Marketing, 1998.įirst edition of Tibbets’ account of the bombing of Hiroshima. Dutch Van Kirk Morris Jeppson Jack Widowsky C.
