The Enola Gay has been accessible to the public for years at a Smithsonian facility outside of Washington, where a 10-year restoration project is nearing completion. 'We're still continuing to talk with veterans groups and other interested parties and there's not any feeling by the museum that we can't still make some changes,' he said.
Museum spokesman Mike Fetters said the Smithsonian will consider the complaints. The letter notes that the exhibit includes 84 pages of text and 97 photographs on Japanese suffering but less than one page and eight photographs on the suffering inflicted by the Japanese from 1930 to 1945. They also said the exhibit underplays the importance of the atomic bomb attacks in saving American lives by ending the war before a U.S.
The 18 Republicans and six Democrats who signed the letter said they want the exhibit to include more on the suffering inflicted by Japan on the United States and Asian nations during World War II. 'The revised version still does not give a balanced perspective of the events surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.'
'The planners of this exhibit ignored many of the constructive criticisms,' the lawmakers wrote. In response to complaints from veterans groups and historians, the exhibit has been revised once.
