Retired US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Paul W. Tibbets (right) signs copies of the original orders, that sent him and his crew of the B-29 Superfortress, the Enola Gay, into the skies over Japan to drop the first atomic bomb during World War II, for US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Robert Faulk, Joint STAFF, at the Pentagon. BGEN Tibbetts is visiting the Pentagon to autograph copies of his book "The Return of the Enola Gay." BGEN Tibbets spent several days in the Washington, D.C., area attending events leading up to the December 17th Centennial of Flight celebration
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pentagon
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1940
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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