Non-WC book recomendation

Shane

Spaceman
Just finishing up Bob Greene's Duty. While it is not a WC book, it does deal with Paul Tibbets (the pilot of the Enola Gay), who has a similarity or two with Christopher Blair.

Tibbets lives, and Greene grew up, in my home town of Columbus, Ohio. Greene's father was also a WWII vet and Greene started having his conversations with Tibbets shortly before his father died. He was able to ask Tibbets questions about World War II, what it meant to serve and other realted topics that he never was able to ask his own father, and in so doing obtained a deeper understanding of what made his father who he was. The sections dealing with Hiroshima and how Tibbets feels about the mission are of particular interest. If you get a chance I would highly recommend picking up this book.
 
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