* Substituting a picture of American prisoners of war at the time of the Japanese surrender for another photo of Japanese POWS hearing the Emperor’s surrender speech. The changes in the exhibit, titled “The Final Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II,” include: The forward section of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima will remain a central feature, but much else will be added and deleted from the exhibit, which some critics believed would portray the Japanese as innocent, even noble victims of Americans hellbent on revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor. The changes came as a result of two marathon meetings with representatives of the nation’s largest veterans’ group, both sides said.
Responding to rising criticism, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum said Thursday it is overhauling its planned Enola Gay exhibit.
