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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Military slices out web pages about WWII Native American code talkers to comply with Trump order to eradicate DEI

In order to comply with Donald Trump’s executive orders to eradicate signs of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the military has removed at least 10 webpages dedicated to the famed Native American “Code Talker” units that used indigenous languages to transmit secret messages during WWI and WWII.

"As Secretary [Pete] Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot told Axios, which first reported the changes. “We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms."

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