It is part of a pattern in which the Smithsonian depicts US military airpower in a negative way. Relative Attention to Casualties. Our March 15 report explained how the exhibit distorts the historical balance by taking the last six months of the war out of context and by focusing on Japanese casualties and suffering. 3 Photos of American casualties. Underlined number is script section.
Next number is page in that section.
Numbers in parentheses indicate multiple items on a page. Even with so lop-sided a ratio, a simple photo count understates the imbalance. Some images evoke stronger emotional reactions than others. In a letter to the Washington Times , Dr. Martin Harwit, museum director, said our assessment of the balance of the exhibit was inaccurate. 13 Text pages on Japanese casualties, suffering, damage from earlier B-29 missions.