Enola Gay exhibit scrapped by Smithsonian over bias fears
The Smithsonian agreed to scale back its planned Enola Gay exhibit, removing 54 feet of bomber presentation and replacing it with the nose section and crew videotapes. Veterans and lawmakers argued the display risked portraying Japan as victims and urged contextual history.
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Memoir project by Hicks and Enola Gay crew
George E. Hicks director of the Airmen Memorial Museum in Suitland Maryland and Paul Tibbets are working on memoirs. Surviving Enola Gay crew members are producing a full length made for broadcast documentary titled The Men Who Brought the Dawn, slated for completion later this year.
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Americans denied bail in $700 million fraud case
An American couple Harold Thomas and Caroline Thomas of Hackensack New Jersey were denied bail in Johannesburg South Africa in a case alleging they tried to defraud a bank of 700 million dollars. A Nedbank banker said promised money and a Lamborghini would fund foreign bond purchases. Prosecutors cited lack of RBI approval, forged signatures, and photocopied seals as fraud indicators. Trial set for May.
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