I am an airman, a pilot. In 1945, I was wearing the uniform of the U.S. following the orders of our commander-in-chief. |
I knew when I got the assignment it was going to be an emotional thing, ... We had feelings, but we had to put them in the background. We knew it was going to kill people right and left. But my one driving interest was to do the best job I could so that we could end the killing as quickly as possible. |
I wanted to climb in and fly it, |
The movie 'Above and Beyond' starring Robert Taylor didn't get anything right, ... 'Above and Beyond' script writers put the words, 'Oh my God, what have we done?' into my mouth,' Tibbets said. 'I never said that. Bob Lewis (the copilot) wrote 'my God' in his journal he was keeping on the flight. That's how I remember it, anyway.' |
When I came in here and saw this thing, the symbols, looking the way it looked, ... I wanted to get right in there and taxi it out. |