The Exhib That Bombed: The Enola Gay Controversy and Contted Memory - U.S. Studi Onle

Contents:

• CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN
• THE NEW ENOLA GAY CONTROVERSY: PRO AND CON
• EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY
• THE SMHSONIAN AND THE ENOLA GAY
• THE EXHIB THAT BOMBED: THE ENOLA GAY CONTROVERSY AND CONTTED MEMORY
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB
• THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’
• ENOLA GAY

CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENOLA GAY EXHIBN

For the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Natnal Air and Space Mm (NASM) proposed an exhibn that would clu displayg the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortrs that was ed to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. Enola Gay, after the war. Followg World War II, the Enola Gay had been moved around om lotn to lotn.

In 1961, the Enola Gay was fully disassembled and moved to the Pl E.

The veterans formed “the Commtee for the Rtoratn and Proud Display of the Enola Gay” to raise funds. Lenthal, who was on the advisory board of the Enola Gay exhib.

THE NEW ENOLA GAY CONTROVERSY: PRO AND CON

This visn clud his nsc cisn to display the Enola Gay. At first, the Enola Gay was planned to be displayed at an annex NASM facily near Washgton Dull Internatnal Airport.

The Enola Gay had recently fished beg renovated and the mm had been ncerned about transportatn and reassemble fe; therefore, the proposed annex appeared to be a ftg lotn.

EXHIBG THE ENOLA GAY

They cid to exhib the Enola Gay at the annex, wh an acpanyg msage about the dangers of strategic bombg and latn. Commtee member Admiral Noel Gayler believed that any exhibn of the Enola Gay would imply “that we are celebratg the first and so far the only e of nuclear weapons agast human begs. ” Still, Harw phed for a follow-up wh an exhibn on World War II that would clu the Enola Gay.

While they were “unanimo agreeg that the Enola Gay is an artifact of pivotal signifince and that should be exhibed, ” they asked the mm to avoid discsg the cisn to drop the bomb and to nsir an alternative se, such as an armed servic mm. The planned exhibn was replaced by a simple display of the felage of Enola Gay wh ltle historil ntext. Officials om the Universy stated was not tend as a replacement for the Enola Gay exhibn at the Smhsonian.

THE SMHSONIAN AND THE ENOLA GAY

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Loted near Dull Airport, provis a permanent home for Enola Gay, as origally proposed back 1988. The 2003 exhibn of Enola Gay, followg s trend of ntroversy, also raised a new round of protts, om Japane survivors and others. The New Enola Gay Controversy: Pro and Con | History News.

THE EXHIB THAT BOMBED: THE ENOLA GAY CONTROVERSY AND CONTTED MEMORY

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENOLA GAY AFTER IT DROPPED THE ATOMIC BOMB

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THE SMHSONIAN’S DECISN TO EXHIB THE ‘ENOLA GAY’

Frequently Asked Qutns About Exhibn of the B-29 Superfortrs Enola GayQ.

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ENOLA GAY

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