After concisely covering the background of the Enola Gay and its mission, this study focuses on the controversy surrounding the museum exhibit.

Veterans, for example, complained that the museum displayed a misrepresented version of history. A controversy erupted, however, over the exhibit's historical authenticity. For the 50th anniversary of this major event in world history, the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution produced an exhibit. Veterans, for example, com On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, which ushered on the end of World War II.

On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, which ushered on the end of World War II.