An exhibit at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., came under criticism from World War II veterans and military historians for its treatment of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Japan. The exhibit, critics said, lacked context and depicted the use of atomic weapons and other American actions during the war in an overly harsh light while glossing over the many atrocities committed by Japanese troops. A subsequent story reported on the controversy surrounding the exhibit of the airplane that dropped the first bomb over Hiroshima. Illinois' Crystal Lake Northwest Herald carried the story under the headline: "Atomic Bombers Criticize Enola Homosexual Exhibit."

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