A quick look across the border to the Utah side provides all the confirmation one needs. Of course, this is Great Basin country, and the old culture of the rural West hasn't died out entirely. Apparently no one was interested, and he got increasingly vociferous as a result. Finally, someone got annoyed, went out to their truck, grabbed a gun, walked back in and unceremoniously blasted the sucker. Among the artifacts on display is a mimeographed manual for B-29 navigators that I'd love to get my hands on.
Manuals have the effect of making the outrageous seem commonplace.
Outside, the flagpole has a bronze plaque dedicated to the memory of Hiroshima. The chosen words are strange, seeming to thank the Japanese for having sacrificed themselves so the world would know the power of this new weapon, warning us of the dangers of nuclear war in this new era. City officials from Hiroshima attended the unveiling of this plaque, and I wonder what they thought of the words. I think this airbase should be preserved in an arrested state of decay. Though we've lived with the Bomb for over a half-century, most Americans seem almost unaware of the existence of our nuclear stockpile.