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Bloomberg -- Tibbets expressed no regret for his role in the bombing of Hiroshima and said it saved thousands of American lives by averting the need for a ground-based invasion of Japan to end the war.

Это вообще моя любимая теория. Просто огромная была нужда вторгаться в Японию.

Fearing that his death may provide his critics with a place to protest, Paul Tibbets had made the request prior to his death for no funeral to be held and no headstone on his grave.