Heros Flight essays

Hero's Flight essays Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was born in in Quincy, Illinois on February 23rd, 1915. He is still alive and lives in Chicago. He is know for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945, and contributing to the quicker end of WWII. When he was young, his family moved to Florida and that is where he grew up. He had a brother, and a sister in an average home for that time period. His dad most of his life in the military, and his mom was pretty much an average housewife. His dad did not want him to be a pilot, but his mom was very supportive in anything he did. She was the one who finally inspired him to become one, and eventually a hero. He went to the Western Military Academy, then proceeded to the University of Florida, and Cincinnati. That is when he became a flight cadet at Army Air Corps in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. At the age of twelve, he visited Fort Thomas and got to have his first ride in an airplane. That is when he found out that he wanted to become a pilot. His determination to become a pilot shows that he was going to succeed at it, and eventually become a hero. He made many sacrifices, due to his career as a military pilot. His family life was practically destroyed, because he was a bad father to his two kids. He always put his wife Lucy and his kids second, to fling in the air force. This is what led to their divorce, and him losing his kids. According to him he also sacrificed his place in heaven because of Hiroshima, and the bomb. He said,I never planed my life the way it happened. I never planed to go to heaven.? (113). Nothing particularly lucky ever happened to Paul, but having to work for his career was an inspiration to him in itself. Tibbet's magnum opus according to him, was dedicating his life to defending his country. He explained that commanding the mission on Hiroshima was just another part of his job to him, If he didn't do it someone else would have. He just did it to show t ...