A historic globe linked to Dwight D. Eisenhower was damaged during an attempt to move it to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon office, an Army spokesperson acknowledged.
The 30-inch globe dates to before the Second World War. It is said to have been used by Eisenhower while he planned the D-Day landings as the Allied supreme commander. Photographs show pieces beneath its wooden frame and a large tear near the bottom.
Hegseth had asked for the globe to be placed in his office, according to people familiar with the February incident. His aides reportedly moved it themselves rather than wait for specialist movers and dropped it. The Army spokesperson said the globe’s sphere separated from the metal mount that lets it turn.
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