He insisted the audience be our team only. He declined press coverage and all offers to expand the audience to the many SEAL teams and larger Navy presence in the San Diego area. Tibbets did visit my command and addressed our troops. The young sailor thanked me and we parted with me still a little skeptical but sincerely hoping this was sincere. I outwardly embraced the idea and told him to bring his uncle in at his earliest convenience. “Yes sir, that’s him,” responded the young sailor rather casually. Paul Tibbets, the pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?” The name seemed somewhat familiar, and with a half-hearted attempt at humor I asked, “You mean Gen.
Not eager to allow just any 'uncle' to occupy our troops’ valuable time, I politely asked his uncle’s name. A decade later, as the commanding officer of a special team in Coronado, California, a young sailor asked me if his uncle could visit and talk to our troops.
