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![Document : Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr., and His Thoughts on the Use of Atomic Weapons on Japan
Colonel Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B29 Superfortress that dropped the world"s first
atomic weapon on Hiroshima. In 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Tibbets was
asked how he felt about his role in the world-altering events of August 1945:
"I was anxious to do it... I wanted to do everything that I could to subdue
Japan... That was the attitude of the United States in those years...I have been
convinced that we saved more lives than we took. It would have been morally
wrong if we "d have had that weapon and not used it and let a million more
people die."
-"The Men WWho Brought the Dawn: The Atomic Missions of Enola Gay and Bock's Car", Smithsonian
Channel (1995)
Does Col. Tibbets appear to have any remorse for dropping "Little Boy" on Hiroshima
and for what reason(s) does Col. Tibbets support President Truman"s decision to use
atomic weapons?](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/46bfba82-b56c-46af-b9d1-f2ad95a33314/5121b918-f117-49c3-bebc-c41368e9b655/jdkw8ih_thumbnail.jpeg)
Transcribed Image Text:Document : Colonel Paul Tibbets, Jr., and His Thoughts on the Use of Atomic Weapons on Japan
Colonel Tibbets was the pilot of the Enola Gay, the B29 Superfortress that dropped the world"s first
atomic weapon on Hiroshima. In 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Tibbets was
asked how he felt about his role in the world-altering events of August 1945:
"I was anxious to do it... I wanted to do everything that I could to subdue
Japan... That was the attitude of the United States in those years...I have been
convinced that we saved more lives than we took. It would have been morally
wrong if we "d have had that weapon and not used it and let a million more
people die."
-"The Men WWho Brought the Dawn: The Atomic Missions of Enola Gay and Bock's Car", Smithsonian
Channel (1995)
Does Col. Tibbets appear to have any remorse for dropping "Little Boy" on Hiroshima
and for what reason(s) does Col. Tibbets support President Truman"s decision to use
atomic weapons?
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