Pentagon restores histories of Navajo Code Talkers, other Native veterans after public outcry

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Source: Associated Press

PHOENIX — The Pentagon restored some webpages highlighting the crucial wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans on Wednesday, days after tribes condemned the action.

The initial removal was part of a sweep of any military content that promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, or commonly referred to as DEI. Following President Donald Trump’s broader executive order ending the federal government’s DEI programs, the Defense Department deleted thousands of pages honoring contributions by women and minority groups. Department officials say the Navajo Code Talker material was erroneously erased.

“In the rare cases that content is removed — either deliberately or by mistake — that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the components and they correct the content so it recognizes our heroes for their dedicated service alongside their fellow Americans, period,” Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot said in a statement.

Several webpages on the Code Talkers landed on a “404 — Page not found” message Tuesday. Some were back up Wednesday — although any that also mention Native American Heritage Month remain down. Thousands of other pages deleted in the DEI purge are still offline.


Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pentagon-restores-histories-navajo-code-talkers-native-veterans-public-rcna197215

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You god damned right!

We The People are not standing for this crap!

Our fathers fought for our country in WWII. All of these service people were HEROES, not fat ass Maga awholes sitting around with a beer can in their hand and playing with some stupid phone, etc.!

My late father was one of the many Marines that were in the service with the Code Talkers.

He used to say that if it weren't for them, America would have lost WWII as "The Code Talkers had the Japs baffled".

RESPECT all that served during these horrible times, esp. the Code Talkers, many of which were snapped up of of the reservations and sent overseas not knowing what to expect!