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Down with the Enola Gay? Defense Department purging digital materials under Trump's DEI orders

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The Defense Department has marked thousands of pieces of archival material and posts for deletion.

The removal order was given by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in February .

The purge is intended to erase specific military-related mentions of women and minorities.

The Department of Government Efficiency argued that canceling DEI contracts would save $80 million in government spending.