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Fifty years later, I find myself again defending our country from another surprise attack, this time from American scholars attempting to rewrite history." "Defending America from Scholars," by Tom Lewis, Air Force Times, 09/12/94, 33. Veteran-Congressman blasts the exhibit: "In 1943, I left the United States for the Pacific theater as an 18-year-old Army Air Force recruit prepared to defend my country against one of the most brutal aggressors of our time. "AFA Says Enola Gay Revisions Must Go Further" In other words, the 'American perspective' must be incorporated throughout.".
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AFA Resolution: "But further improvements can and must be made in the main exhibit. " is an insult to all veterans." "They were armed with bamboo spears, bows and arrows, and kotchas, a kind of lethally shaped garden hoe." "They Would Have Fought to the Death," Wall Street Journal,, A17. Veterans respond in letters to the editor: "Hiroshima Bomb Display Still Distorts History," New York Times, 09/10/94, 1:18. taken overall the exhibition still lacks balance and context." MEMO TO: Publisher, Magazine Staff Correll's detailed response to the third draft: "the museum still has an attitude. It is just one of a collection of protest letters from early summer through the end of the year by such organizations as American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, American Ex-Prisoners of War, 20th Air Force Association, The Military Order of the World Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Exchange Club of Capitol Hill, Retired Enlisted Association, American Legion, Daedalians, Retired Officers Association, Confederate Air Force, Jewish War Veterans.įirst batch: second batch. To do so would impugn the motives of people whose service to this nation, and to the human race for that matter, was honorable in every sense of the word."
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But we cannot allow the Enola Gay exhibit to become judgmental in any way. No one is suggesting that we turn our backs on the victims that all war creates. Some go so far as to meet and embrace their former adversaries as if to say we are all one in the eyes of God. Poignant protest letter to Harwit from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs: "Most of the many hardened combat veterans I know make peace with their enemies. Correll, Air Force Magazine, 09/94, 58ff. Air Force Magazine publishes its second major article: "The Enola Gay exhibit still lacks balance and still is emotionally charged, but the Smithsonian says the plans are final." "The Last Act at Air and Space," by John T. "FullText" links provide a connection to electronic or print copies provided by the Lehigh Libraries and other services, such as electronic abstracts and interlibrary loan requesting.