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In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Pfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro prepares to hike to her platoon's defensive position during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, N.C. Oct. 31, 2013. (Sgt. Tyler Main/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

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War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
By TARA COPP, LOLITA C. BALDOR AND KEVIN VINEYS - Associated Press
Thu,03/06/25-6:21PM , 192 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to
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