The U.S. Department of Defense website honoring an army general who fought in the Vietnam War and received the nation’s top military award has been taken down, with the addition of "DEI" appended to the site’s URL.
On Saturday, when visiting Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor page on the U.S. Army website resulted in a "404" error message. Additionally, the URL had been altered, replacing the word "medal" with "deimedal."
In 1970, Rogers received the Medal of Honor from President Richard Nixon for his service during the Vietnam War, where he sustained injuries three times while defending a base.
According to In the West Virginia Military Hall of Fame, Rogers held the distinction of being the most senior African American recipient of the award. Following his passing in 1990, Rogers was laid to rest at the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C. In 1999, a bridge in Fayette County, his birthplace, was dedicated as the Charles C. Rogers Memorial Bridge.
By Sunday evening, a "404 – Page Not Found" error was displayed. appeared On the Department of Defense’s website for Rogers, the following message appears: "The page you're seeking could have been relocated, had its name changed, or might not be accessible at this moment."
A screenshot posted The piece written by Brandon Friedman for Bluesky on Saturday night featured a glimpse at the Google preview of an entry from Rogers’s profile on the Department of Defense’s site.
On November 1, 2021, the Google preview for this entry states: "Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers." Underneath these words, it says: "During his time with the Army, Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers fought for both racial and gender equity as a Black serviceman."
"When you search for his name, the entry listed below appears. If you click on it, you'll notice that the page has been removed, and the URL now includes 'DEI medal,'" Friedman noted.
The Guardian has reached out to the Department of Defense for their input.
Since assuming power in January, President Donald Trump has worked to dismantle DEI – diversity, equity, and inclusion – initiatives throughout the federal government.
One executive order aimed to end every "orders, guidelines, initiatives, preferences, and actions within the federal government" labeled as "unlawful DEI and 'diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility' (DEIA) programs" by the Trump administration.
On Friday, the Trump administration achieved a victory when an appellate court ruled in their favor. lifted A halt to executive orders aimed at terminating the federal government’s backing of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.
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