I dont believe the act that the Enola Gay was used for is, or was offensive.
it was used just as it should have been. to deliver maximum destruction to a country that ATTACKED us.
We sure didnt start the war against the Japanese empire.
but those atomic bombs ended it.
Having had a few relatives die during that war, everywhere from Pearl Harbor,
to Iwo Jima, I'm thankful the United States dropped that big' ol bomb. twice.
and I'm sure some of my relatives living right now are thankful, too.
Because we could have lost alot more American lives if the invasion of japan had
happened on November 1 1945, as scheduled.
I sure hate revisionist who decide to rewrite history 65 years later,
and try to act as if the United States were to blame for WW II.
I never believed this story about the Enola Gay, knowing she is in pieces at the smithsonian institution.
I too, have had the privelige of seeing "FiFi" flying around at a few airshows,
courtesy of the Confederate Air Force. what a huge, impressive aircraft she is.