The Enola Gay: A Nation's and a Museum's Dilemma

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Summary

Addresses controversy surrounding an exhibit planned for the National Air and Space Museum on the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945, including the fuselage of the plane, the Enola Gay. Details of the script provoked objections from the American Legion and pacifists.

Subject

  • American Legion
  • Enola Gay (Bomber)
  • National Air and Space Museum

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Washington Post (Newspaper)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

August 7, 1994

Topic

  • WW II
  • Atomic bomb
  • Controversies
  • Aeronautics
  • Exhibitions
  • World War, 1939-1945

Place

Japan

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