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Old 07-29-2014, 05:33 PM
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Last surviving crew member of the Enola Gay-
Theodore VanKirk, last survivor of Enola Gay crew, dies - CBS News
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RIP sir. I had the chance to meet him and Gen Tibbets (months before he passed away) and they autographed a toy Enola Gay that I had with me.

They saved a lot of people, on both sides, and especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis (my theory at least) because the whole world knew of the real destructive power of the A-Bombs.
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