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Recently Purged Images
This collection contains archived images from Department of Defense websites
following the mandate “to remove all DoD news and feature articles, photos, and videos that
promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).”1 So far, this collection contains about 1% of the
26000+ images flagged for removal.2
Details: Size: [~1.28 GB/535 items]; Format: .jpeg, .png, .pdf; Source: This collection has been sourced through the Wayback Machine3 and is based on the AP’s database.4
Usage Terms: Well, they were in the Public Domain before removal.
Contact: @hethre on Instagram 1 Sean Parnell, Digital Content Refresh, Memorandum (Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense, February 26, 2025), https://media.defense.gov/2025/Feb/27/2003652943/-1/-1/1/DIGITAL-CONTENT-REFRESH.PDF. 2 Other projects working to preserve these images include The Resistance Toolkit. “Database - DoD Images Flagged as ‘DEI,’” The Resistance Toolkit, published 2025, https://resistance-toolkit.com/dei-images/. 3 Internet Archive. “Wayback Machine,” https://web.archive.org. 4 Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, and Kevin Vineys. “War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge.” The Associated Press, updated March 7, 2025, https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-images-pentagondiversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074. 5 Donate at Internet Archive. “A Message from Internet Archive Founder, Brewster Kahle,” https://archive.org/donate.