New York Times Minimizes Bomb's Role in Ending WWII

Joshua Sharf
November 2nd, 2007 12:43 AM
The New York Times minimizes the role of the atomic bomb - and thus the heroism of Gen. Paul Tibbets - in his obituary today.Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets Jr., the commander and pilot of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in the final days of World War II, died yesterday at his home in Columbus, Ohio. He was 92....The crews who flew the atomic strikes…