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mikelewis

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Sun Mar 23, 2025, 03:27 AM Mar 23

The pentagon deleted the Tuskegee Airmen from it's Wall of Fame... [View all]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Every day over the past few weeks, the Pentagon has faced questions from angry lawmakers, local leaders and citizens over the removal of military heroes and historic mentions from Defense Department websites and social media pages after it purged online content that promoted women or minorities.

In response, the department has scrambled to restore a handful of those posts as their removals have come to light. While the pages of some well-known veterans, including baseball and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson, are now back up on Pentagon websites, officials warn that many posts tagged for removal in error may be gone forever.

The restoration process has been so hit or miss that even groups that the administration has said are protected, like the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military pilots who served in a segregated World War II unit, still have deleted pages that as of Saturday had not been restored.


And these are your leaders... and Don't BLAME JUST TRUMP!!!! This is a disgrace to anyone that has ever served. The memory of Real fucking heros thrown in the Trash by our Army, our Navy, our Marines... OUR NATIONAL DISGRACE. Shame on them... not that they care.
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