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More in National News. 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. Marine Corps via AP Many of the images and posts, some of which include events celebrating minorities as well as significant milestones achieved by Black, Hispanic and female service members, had been removed as of Friday, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.

The Pentagon is deleting tens of thousands of images. Many of the images and posts, some of which include events celebrating minorities as well as significant milestones achieved by Black, Hispanic and female service members, had been removed as of Friday, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online. However, the flagging of some images — including one of the historic Enola Gay aircraftthe B that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during the final stages of World War II — has raised some questions about the criteria used by the Pentagon.

In one photo flagged for deletion, pilot Col. Paul Tibbets Jr. Images of an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California were also flagged for removal, seemingly because a person in the photo had the last name Gay. Overall, more than 26, items have been marked to be removed, according to the AP.

However, one unnamed official said that number could reach ,00 items, when taken into account social media posts and other websites.

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Photos of the Enola Gay aircraft, which dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, have been marked for deletion for having the word “Gay” in them. What we know about U.S. military's anti-DEI purge of WWII Enola Gay aircraft photos According to news reports, the Pentagon flagged files because of the word "gay.".

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content.

Images of "Enola Gay," the aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan are among those targeted by the U.S. military in an initiative to eliminate content related to diversity.