Secretary Hegseth’s Staff Accidentally Damage Historic Eisenhower WWII Globe
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff damaged a historic globe used by General Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II while attempting to move it. The globe, which had green marker notations marking areas in Europe, was kept at the Pentagon and was supposed to be moved by army historians or the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH). Despite a Pentagon official initially claiming it was a replica, three U.S. officials and a photograph confirmed it was the original, and that the damage is being repaired.
Pete Hegseth’s Staffers Damage Historic Eisenhower Globe
A globe used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II was damaged by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers while attempting to move it to his office, as confirmed by three U.S. officials in a report by The Washington Post.
This incident occurred in February when Hegseth expressed his desire to have the historic American artifact, notable for its green pen notations marking Eisenhower’s strategy in World War II, in his office.
Kept by the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) and displayed in the Pentagon, the globe was held in a senior Army office. Instead of waiting for CMH or Army historians, Hegseth’s staff attempted to move the valuable artifact, resulting in substantial damage.
Despite confirmation of the incident, a Pentagon official claimed the damaged globe was a replica. “While relocating the Eisenhower globe replica, an accident occurred. We are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired,” stated the official.
Contrarily, three officials and a photo verified by NBC News affirmed the damaged globe is the original Eisenhower artifact, not a replica. The Pentagon has yet to respond to further information requests about the incident.
Eisenhower, as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War II, used this globe while making critical strategic decisions, such as the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. These decisions led to the liberation of Western Europe and the fall of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany.
In 1952, Eisenhower was elected as the 34th president, assuming office in January 1953. A similar Eisenhower globe was safely transported in December 2022 by Craters & Freighters, a company specializing in transporting precious artifacts, contracted by CMH.
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