Posted by on March 17, 2025 11:15 am
Originally From: Pink News

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A Black soldier, Charles C. Rogers, who was awarded the Medal Of Honor, has been removed from a US Department of Defense website, amid an ongoing purge of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

The page honouring major general Charles Calvin Rogers, who served during the Vietnam War, now leads to a 404 error message. The URL was also changed, with the word “medal” changed to “DEI medal”.

According to the West Virginia Military Hall of Fame, Charles Rogers was the “highest-ranking African American to receive the Medal of Honor”, the top military decoration that recognises those who have “distinguished themselves by acts of valor”.

Charles Rogers was presented with the Medal of Honor by president Richard Nixon in 1970. He also won the Distinguished Flying Cross,

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