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“I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did... I sleep clearly every night.”

Quote by Paul Tibbets

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Paul Tibbets, born on February 23, 1915, and died on November 1, 2007, was a prominent American pilot and Air Force General during World War II. He is best known for commanding the mission that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. more

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