Web page about iconic Golden Girls actress becomes latest victim of Defense department DEI purge

Iconic Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur, who served in the Marine Corps, has had her contribution scrubbed from Department of Defence (DOD) website amid an ongoing purge of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

The actress, born Bernice Frankel, was one of the first women to join the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, as noted by IMDB. As a trailblazer for future female Marines, she attended boot camp and became a typist.

In June 1943, she was transferred to Camp Lejune, where she attended the Motor Transport School, which helped her earn her next assignment as a truck driver and dispatcher in Cherry Point, NC. She was honourably discharged as  Staff Sergeant Arthur in September 1945, but her contribution has now been wiped from the DOD’s website. 

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