Enola Gay Archive

Special Reports and Analyses

All reports and analyses were written by John T. Correll

Special Report: The Smithsonian and the Enola Gay March 15, 1994	This is the report that first lit the fire on the controversy. Consists of two parts: “War Stories at Air and Space” (p. 1-22) and “The Decision That Launched the Enola Gay” (p. 23-43)
Analysis of Air & Space Museum Script April 7, 1994	Content Analysis of Exhibition Script No. 1
The Smithsonian Plan for the Enola Gay: A Report on the Revisions June 28, 1994	Content Analysis of Exhibition Script No. 2
Meeting on Enola Gay Exhibit Aug. 17, 1994	Memo for the Record
Developments in the Enola Gay Controversy Aug. 22, 1994	Memo for the Record
August 31 Revision of Enola Gay Script Sept. 9, 1994	Content Analysis of Exhibition Script No. 3
Further Action on the Enola Gay Exhibit Sept. 19, 1994	Memo to the Military Coalition and Associate Members, from AFA
The Smithsonian’s Interim Revision Oct. 17, 1994	Content Analysis of Script No. 4
Enola Gay Script #5 Oct. 28, 1994	Content Analysis of Script No. 5
Letter to Co-Curator Tom Alison Dec. 28, 1994	Content Analysis of Script “Section 000” Addition
Special Report: The Activists and the Enola Gay Aug. 21, 1995

Verbatim

Preemptive Action
"Since the [Defense] Department's acceptance of the independent estimates last fall, we've been, in just about every respect, acting as if the program were in a Nunn-McCurdy breach. ... We've been taking all of the mitigating and corrective action that we would take as if there were a Nunn-McCurdy breach."
—Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, discussing with reporters the restructure of the F-35 strike fighter program announced in February 2010 and the probability that the program will soon exceed Nunn-McCurdy cost-monitoring thresholds that would necessitate, per US law, a program review and corrective steps, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2010.

Verbatim

Message for Grandma
"She has working for her as a citizen in the United States an Air Force Reserve that has some very talented, capable, patriotic, and willing individuals doing the business to keep this nation free. Just like her generation—the 'Greatest Generation'—was, I am very proud of the folks that we have got. If not the second greatest, then they are an extension of the greatest generation and they are ready, willing, and able to do the things that she would want them to do to make sure we keep our freedoms."
—Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Air Force Reserve chief, responding to a reporter's question on what the reporter should tell his 85-year-old grandmother to convey to her the importance of Air Force Reservists to the nation's security, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 19, 2010.