The Trump administration planned to delete thousands of photos from Defense Department websites due to their connections to diversity, equity, and inclusion content. The Washington Post reported on specific images marked for elimination, including prominent figures like Jackie Robinson, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Navajo Code Talkers. Other deleted figures represented women breaking military barriers, such as Major Lisa Jaster and Colonel Jeannie Leavitt. Additionally, images of the Enola Gay were removed, reflecting a systematic approach to censoring diversity-related imagery based on AI searches for targeted keywords.
The targeted subjects included Brooklyn Dodgers baseball star Jackie Robinson, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Navajo Code Talkers, illustrating a broader trend against diversity in military representation.
Photos of Major Lisa Jaster, the first woman to graduate from the Army's Ranger School, and Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force's first female fighter pilot, were also among the deleted images.
Images of the Enola Gay, the B-29 bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, were also deleted, showing the extent of content deemed unacceptable.
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