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Light stain on leaf ends, not affecting internal text. Colonel later general paul tibbets was the pilot of the enola gay, the b29 that dropped the little boy atomic bomb over hiroshima on august 6, 1945. At top of page col tibbets inscription in blue ink to bob williamsbest wishes. Buy a cheap copy of return of the enola gay book by paul w.
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