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Artist: United States Postal Service Confronting Bodies: Government of the Empire of Japan Date of Action: late 1994 Specific Location: Washington D.C Description of Artwork: 32 cent United States postage stamp, with illustration of atomic bomb explosion, and caption "Decision to drop atomic bomb saves GI lives" Description of Incident: Government of the Empire of Japan protested, alleging that the A-bomb dropping at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not normal acts of war but racially motivated genocide - an obvious crock, since the victorious Allies did not exterminate the vanquished Japanese. Results of Incident: The United States Government and the United States Postal Service kow-towed to the Japanese and withdrew the planned stamp. Source: Multiple newspaper accounts. James P. Vichench (NY, NY) |