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Enola
Gay Exhibit Controversy
General
Resources:
Fellowship
of Reconciliation
Wilmington College Peace Resource Center
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Center for Defense Information
Speakers:
Veterans
for Peace
American Legion
Air Force Association
The
Fellowship of Reconciliation is offering a resource packet containing
twenty pages of information including background, chronology of
the controversy, an action suggestion page, selection of articles,
3-4 pages of analysis of the changes made to the Enola Gay exhibit
script, and statements from World War II scholars. It is a good
basic introduction to the controversy, and assumes the reader has
not had access to different scripts. The cost is $4, and can be
obtained by calling or writing:
Fellowship of
Reconciliation (FOR)
Box 271
Nyack, NY 10960
Phone: 914-358-4601
The
Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Collection at the Wilmington College
Peace Resource Center is internationally known as the repository
of information about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Research Material include vertical files and a Bookstore
in English and Japanese with first-person accounts of the bombings
and their aftermath, documentary film footage, and information on
radiation victims in Japan and the U.S., and materials on the peace
movement in Japan. Provides a catalog of books and audio-visual
materials for mail order.
Wilmington College
Peace Resource Center
Pyle Center Box 1183
Wilmington, OH 45177
Phone: 513-382-5538
e-mail: pre@wilmington.edu
The
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has been published for fifty years
and may contain valuable articles on the atomic era.
The Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists
6402 South Kimbark Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 312-702-2555
Center
for Defense Information was founded by retired military officers
to oppose excessive expenditures for weapons and policies that increase
the danger of war.
Center for Defense
Information
1500 Massachusetts Ave.,NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-862-0700
Veterans
for Peace, Inc. is a national organization of U.S. military veterans
who have participated in wars throughout this century, and who no
longer condone war in this age of modern technology. Veterans for
Peace may be able to refer you to veterans that would be willing
to speak on a local, regional, or national level. To contact this
organization call or write to:
Veterans for
Peace, Inc.
Attn: P.O. Box 3881
Portland, ME 04104
Phone: 207-773-1431
Fax: 207-773-0804
American
Legion National Offices have been active in the Enola Gay controversy
and may have resource material available. The Legion may also be
able to provide speakers from your local area. For more information
call or write:
American Legion
National Headquarters
Attn: Phil Budahan
1608 K Street, N.W.
Washington. D.C 20006
Phone: 202-861-2790
Fax: 202-861-2785
The
Air Force Association has also been involved and will have speakers
and some resources available by calling or writing:
Air Force Association
Attn: Stephan, Chief of Media
1501 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22209
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