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A black-and-white, 1940s-era image of a Marine in uniform clutching a parachute while standing in the doorway of an airplane.

Amid DEI purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser

A page on the Defense Department’s website celebrating Pfc. Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six Marines photographed hoisting a U.S. flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was among several that were recently taken down amid the Trump administration’s wide-ranging crackdown on what it says are “diversity, equity and inclusion” efforts in the federal government.

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A black-and-white 1940s-era image of a ship upside down in the water, with rescue workers standing on the hull and support boats next to it in the foreground.

After decades lying unknown, USS Oklahoma sailor to rest at Arlington

John G. Connolly, the chief pay clerk who died aboard the USS Oklahoma in the 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became the namesake of a warship that served off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27.

A black-and-white, World War II-era portrait of a Navy sailor in uniform.

One of the last US survivors of Pearl Harbor dies at 102

Jessie A. Mahaffey, one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma during the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, died March 1 in Alexandria, La., at the age of 102.

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Luke Skywalker visits Nile C. Kinnick High School, 1978

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Mark Hamill, better known to many as young Jedi Luke Skywalker of Star Wars fame, seems to be telling students, staff and reporters at an assembly at the Teen Club at Nile C. Kinnick High School that these are not the droids they’re looking for in Yokosuka, Japan on June 16, 1978.

A black-and-white 1963 image shows John F. Kennedy riding in an open-topped car next to his wife Jacqueline Kennedy, who has her hand up obscuring her face.

JFK assassination files released, sending history buffs hunting for new clues

More than 63,000 pages of records related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday, many without the redactions that had confounded historians for years and helped fuel conspiracy theories.

A black-and-white, 1950s-era image of South Korean citizens marching down a street holding a large banner that reads “Let’s march north for the unification of the motherlands.”

Unification or death, 1953

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Hundreds of South Koreans march through the streets of Seoul chanting “to north” and holding banners that read “Give us unification or death,” and “Let’s march north for the unification of the motherlands” on April 28, 1953.

A picture like a Delft tile, 2000

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A pair of ducks swim through the reflections of merchants’ houses on a Delft canal, March 2000.

Operation Pipestone Canyon, 1969

From the Stars and Stripes archives: The 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division moves to take up a position on the south side of Go Noi Island supported by Marine tanks and Landing Vehicles Tanks in Vietnam on June 12, 1969.

The first day of summer in Section 43 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 21, 2017. The cemetery’s 651 acres is the final resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their families. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery/released)

Arlington scrubs race and gender from cemetery’s website

The purge was a response to President Donald Trump’s executive order to remove materials related to “DEI.” However, Arlington officials also said materials could be restored after review and possible revision to meet the requirements of Trump’s and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders.

Warrior Games, 2016

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A U.S. Navy sailor holds the service’s colors during the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on June 15, 2016.

Color guard, 2019

From the Stars and Stripes archives: A U.S. Garrison Benelux color guard marches in the colors at the beginning of a ceremony in the St. Vith, Belgium, on Dec. 15, 2019.

Checking the load, 2001

From the Stars and Stripes archives: Private First Class Richard Houser looks back to check if the pod area has completed its rotation after upload of live pods onto the multiple launch rocket system vehicle in Chorwon Valley, South Korea, on Sept. 29, 2001.

A (MLRS) multiple launch rocket system vehicle comes down the range to empty the rocket pods after a successful firing of the system.

From the Archives: Raining steel in the valley

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Oct. 2, 2001. It is republished unedited in its original form.

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