Air Force Magazine - May 1995, Pg. 152
In March, the Veterans of Foreign Wars presented the Air Force Association with its Gold Medal of Merit, one of its highest awards. VFW cited AFA for its "untiring efforts . . . to identify and correct the Smithsonian Institution's plan to exhibit the Enola Gay . . . in a revisionist historical context unfavorable to the United States."
AFA Executive Director Monroe W. Hatch, Jr., accepted the award during the VFW convention's opening ceremonies, and AFA President R. E. Smith represented the association at the VFW's congressional dinner.
Throughout the Enola Gay controversy, the VFW played a key role with AFA, both individually and in conjunction with the Military Coalition. Many thanks to the VFW for its own efforts and for this meaningful recognition.
AFA appreciates the work of all veterans' groups in this endeavor, especially the individual members who took the time to write their congressmen and the Smithsonian Institution.
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