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Staff members of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth damaged a historic WWII-era globe used by General Dwight D. Eisenhower when they attempted to move it to his office in February. The globe, which featured notations made by Eisenhower during the war, was cataloged and kept by the U.S. Army Center of Military History but displayed at the Pentagon. Instead of waiting for professional handling, Hegseth’s staff moved the artifact themselves, resulting in damage that created a hole in the globe. Despite Pentagon officials initially claiming it was a replica, NBC News confirmed with multiple sources and photographic evidence that it was indeed the original historical item.

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In February 2026, Pete Hegseth's staffers damaged a historic World War II-era Eisenhower globe when they tried to move it to his office without waiting for Army historians or the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) to handle the relocation properly. The incident occurred after Hegseth requested the globe, which was mounted in a wooden frame and kept in a senior Army office in the Pentagon. The globe, one of at least two used by Eisenhower during World War II, featured green pen or marker notations marking areas in Europe. Despite its historical significance, a Pentagon official later claimed that the damaged globe was a replica, though this claim is disputed given the reported damage to a unique artifact.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers damaged a historic globe used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II when they tried to move it to his office at his request, three U.S. officials confirmed to NBC News. asserted

officials → damage → News

The incident happened in February after Hegseth said he wanted the globe, mounted in a wooden frame, in his office, the officials said. asserted

officials → happen → office

The Washington Post first reported the incident Thursday. asserted

Post → report → incident

The globe was one of at least two that Eisenhower had, the officials said, and it was especially notable because it had green pen or marker notations where Eisenhower marked areas in Europe during World War II. asserted

Eisenhower → have → II

The historic American artifact is cataloged and kept by the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) but displayed in the Pentagon. asserted

artifact → catalog → Pentagon

The globe was kept in a senior Army office in the Pentagon, the officials said. asserted

officials → keep → Pentagon

Rather than wait for Army historians or CMH to move the globe, several staffers from Hegseth’s office tried to do so themselves, dropping it, creating a hole in the lower part of it and damaging another area, the officials said. asserted

officials → wait → area

A Pentagon official acknowledged the incident but said the globe was a replica. “ asserted

globe → acknowledge → incident

An accident occurred while staff were transporting a replica of the Eisenhower globe as part of its relocation. asserted

staff → occur → relocation

Accidents happen, we are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired,” the Pentagon official said. asserted

official → happen → ?

NBC News has verified from the three officials and a photo that it was not a replica, but the original globe used by Eisenhower. asserted

it → verify → Eisenhower

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a further request for information about the globe. asserted

Pentagon → respond → globe

He gave final approval for the landings, part of Operation Overlord, which led to the liberation of Western Europe and the end of Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany. asserted

which → give → Hitler

Eisenhower was elected as the 34th president in November 1952 and was sworn in the following January. asserted

Eisenhower → elect → November

A company that moved a similar Eisenhower globe in Alabama in December 2022, Craters & Freighters, described what it took to safely transport the artifact when it was contracted to do so by CMH. asserted

it → move → CMH

That globe was 4 feet high and had a diameter of around 40 inches, and the company said it created “precise packaging and crating designs” to keep it safe. asserted

it → have → it

Hegseth staff damaged historic WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his office

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