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Hegseth staff damaged historic WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his office
NBC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff accidentally damaged a historic globe used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II while trying to move it to Hegseth’s office in February, according to three U.S. officials.
- The globe, notable for Eisenhower’s green pen markings of European areas during WWII, is an original artifact cataloged by the U.S. Army Center of Military History and displayed in the Pentagon.
- Instead of waiting for Army historians or the Center of Military History to handle the move, Hegseth’s staff attempted the relocation themselves, causing a hole and other damage to the globe.
- The Pentagon initially claimed the damaged globe was a replica, but NBC News verified it was the original Eisenhower globe.
- Eisenhower, as supreme commander during WWII, made critical decisions such as approving the Normandy landings, and the globe is a significant historical artifact reflecting that era.
