COLUMBUS, OHIO (AP) - Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night. A longtime friend said Tibbets died at his Columbus home, that he suffered from a variety of health problems, and had been in decline for two months. Read The Whole Story Over the years, much unwarranted criticism has been levelled at Tibbits and others connected - in one way or another - with conceiving, ordering or carrying-out the 'Enola Gay' mission. Me? I'd like to join others in saluting all the men and women - in the armed forces and on the home front - who answered the call, and 'got it done' during the Second World War.
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