"Man Who Dropped the Bomb on Hiroshima Wants Exhibit Scuttled," Washington Post, 01/30/95, D01. See "The Plane" section of Tibbets' web site: Good to read along with Tibbets is "the" classic, oft-cited veteran response, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the bombing: "Hiroshima: A Soldier's View," by Paul Fussell, New Republic, April 22, 1981: 26-30. Other statements by Tibbets can be found in: "The Reminiscences of Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, Jr.," Columbia University Oral History Collection, Part IV (1-219): done in 1960 "Training the 509th for Hiroshima," by Paul Tibbets, Air Force Magazine, August 1973, 49-55. She should be presented as a peace keeper and as the harbinger of a cold war kept from going 'hot.'"
Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets rips the proposed exhibit in an award acceptance speech: "I suggest that the Enola Gay be preserved and displayed properly - and alone, for all the world to see. Letter to Correll and others by Ned Humphreys details a meeting with NASM officials on the exhibit in which "the atmosphere was hostile and defensive from the beginning": "Every opinion point I advanced, relating to the fractured and unrestored status of Enola Gay or disputed aspects of the forthcoming display, was doggedly contradicted and their position unswervingly and emphatically defended.". "FullText" links provide a connection to electronic or print copies provided by the Lehigh Libraries and other services, such as electronic abstracts and interlibrary loan requesting.