Yes, DOD removed pages about Native American Iwo Jima veteran Ira Hayes
In mid-March 2025, a claim circulated online that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) had removed one or more pages ...
Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Until recently, a page on the Defense Department’s website celebrated Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six ...
Navajo Code Talker links restored on DOD sites; other Native stories still missing
After widespread criticism, the Defense Department has begun restoring links to Navajo Code Talkers on its websites.
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The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
The most iconic of these shows six Marines raising the American flag, using their bodies to push the flagpole upright and mark Allied dominance of the island. The photograph actually depicts the ...
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‘My dad didn’t go to war for nothing’: Pentagon scrubs Native American heroes from website
Prominent Native American figures in U.S. military history have been erased from Department of Defense’s website as part of ...
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That iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima? CU prof, then a Marine, saw it happen
“In that sense, it was transformative for me, and I remember it well.” The flag raising lifted the spirits of the Marines on the island, and later it did the same for a war-weary American public at ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
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‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
The Pentagon said that the page and others, which were removed under the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on ...