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 ten web pages dedicated to the famous Native American “Code Talker” units that used indigenous languages to convey secret messages during World War II and World War II.
‘As secretary [Pete] Hegseth said that Dei died at the Department of Defense, ”Pentagon press secretary John Ullyot told Axios, who first reported the changes. “We rejoice in the rapid compliance with the department with the Richtyn to remove the content of all platforms.”
“In the rare cases that content is removed that is beyond the clear scope of the richtyn, we give components accordingly.”
The changes appeared equal to the barrier, with a few military pages about those in the program that led to error messages and others that maintain content over the units, including people of at least 15 different indigenous American countries and served in important battles in the early 1900s.
Some such sites seemed unchanged, but contain a banner that mentioned that they were revised for complying with the executive orders of the Trump administration against diversity, which ordered agencies to discontinue, organize and publish any dei-related efforts.
As one existing page notes, the army turned to Navajo members (Diné) because their unwritten language is one of ‘extreme complexity’, and the form of a code that the Japanese never broke in World War II.
“The syntax and tonal properties, not to mention dialects, make it incomprehensible to someone without extensive exposure and training,” according to the Navy. “It has no alphabet or symbols, and is only spoken on the Navajo countries of the American southwest.”
The ‘unique achievements of the Navajo Code Talkers form a proud chapter in the history of the United States Marine Corps,’ says another page that still exists. “Their patriotism, ingenuity and courage earned them the gratitude of all Americans.”
Trump himself honored the code talk with an event in the White House during his first term and told a group of meeting veterans: ‘You are really incredible people. ‘
“And from the heart, from the absolute heart, we appreciate what You did, how you did, the bravery you have shown, and the love you have for your country,” he said at the time.
Critics were furious about the changes.
“Trump’s Pentagon is eradicating Navajo Code -talks -indigenous warriors who help win World War II -of military websites,” Votevets, a veteran political advocacy group, said in a statement on X. “It’s not about” efficiency “. It is about the history of the white wash and the eradication of those who do not fit his Maga narrative. ‘
EJ Montini, a columnist for the Arizona RepublicIn a state bordering large parts of the dinner reserve, “every elected official in Arizona of each party must bump into the doors of the Department of Defense to reversal the idiotic dei commercial trying to eradicate the legacy of the code talk.”
“Whoever might be satisfied with an attempt to eradicate the history of a group of indigenous men that were essential for the success of every major Marine Corps operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II, especially America’s victory at Iwo Jima,” he asked.
The extinction is another historical irony in a long series for America’s indigenous soldiers.
Although the US Army had been checking with tribes for decades when settlers flooded the entire US, and the federal government tried to assimilate indigenous peoples and destroy their languages, Indians in the US military served on the national average, where their language skills were suddenly in high demand.
“The irony to be asked to use their mother tongue to fight on behalf of America was not lost on code talks, many of which were forced to attend government or religious management schools that tried to assimilate indigenous peoples and would punish students because they spoke in their traditional language,” the National Museum remarks spoke.
The lower sites followed last week reports that the Arlington National Cemetery, America’s most important military cemetery, removed web information on significant black, Spanish and female veterans.
Tens of thousands of posts and photos, including people of color and women, were also removed from Pentagon files. Even photos of people whose name was gay and the notorious Enola gay bomber who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II (named after the pilot’s mother) were cut out of the Pentagons -historical records because it involved the word “gay”.
