Heyman said he would complete a management review but declined to say whether he would call on Mr. Harwit's immediate resignation or dismissal. In January, 81 members of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to Mr.
But veterans groups, which had long pushed the Smithsonian to exhibit the bomber's fuselage, and later some members of Congress, criticized the exhibit's scripts, saying they were too sympathetic to the Japanese and ultimately an insult to the American troops who had fought and died in the Pacific.Ĭurators' repeated efforts to rewrite the scripts failed to satisfy the veterans groups or the lawmakers and provoked criticism from historians who said the exhibit was becoming inaccurate and politicized.