1. The document describes a case study of an exhibit of the Enola Gay aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum that caused controversy in 1993. Critics felt the exhibit did not correctly portray the roles of Japan and the US in World War II or the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
2. Historians offered various theories for the controversy, including differing interpretations of Japan's role in the war and American discomfort with Truman's order to drop the bomb.
3. The museum director wanted the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing to be a day of reflection, but others felt the exhibit would celebrate the bombing rather than reflect on it.