Trump removing enola gay

Photos of the Enola Gay World War II bomber, Black military pilots and the country’s first female fighter pilot are among the tens of thousands of images flagged for removal by the Pentagon in. If he were still alive today, he would likely call the ongoing controversy "ridiculous," Kia Tibbets said.

On Aug. Japan surrendered on Aug. Immediately after landing from the bombing, Tibbets received the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest decoration for members of the U. Air Force. It was the first atomic bomb used in warfare, a decision made by President Harry Truman to get Japan to surrender, avoid what would have been deadly fighting and the loss of many American lives to take the Japanese main island, and end World War II.

But the Japanese could not or did not believe the extent of the destruction and death in Hiroshima. Growing up, she was used to people offering their opinions on her grandfather's role in the bombing, which killed an estimated , people , many of them civilians. After Tibbets left the military, he started an air taxi company, Executive Jet Aviation, in Columbus, the Cincinnati Enquirer previously reported.

Thousands of photos, including many of women and minorities in the military, were also flagged. The information purge includes removing language related to social wellness, racial equity and feminism. Whatever those people, whomever those people may be," Kia Tibbets said.

Following Trump’s day-one executive order targeting DEI programs across the federal government, agencies have eliminated positions and altered language to remove references to “diversity”—but. According to news reports, the Pentagon flagged files because of the word "gay." In March , following U.S.

President Donald Trump's orders to remove all diversity, equity and inclusion. He died in Columbus on Nov. Kia Tibbets said she was raised by him and her grandmother, Andrea, in a family home on the east side of Columbus. But the Trump administration's move has "pushed the envelope" like no other event, she said.

Tibbets loved and respected his mother, choosing to name his plane after her because she supported his decision to become a pilot instead of a doctor. The military is set to remove thousands of photos and online posts in the DEI purge following an executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

NHart dispatch. That's how I see it," she said. The photo flagging came amid the Trump administration's crackdown and removal of what it considers "DEI content" from many government agency and military websites. Most of the photos of the Enola Gay remained on the Defense Department websites at the time of publication.

Nathan Hart Columbus Dispatch. The granddaughter of Paul W. Tibbets Jr. Kia Tibbets, 49, of Columbus' Clintonville neighborhood, said Tuesday she was shocked and in disbelief when she first heard photos of her grandfather's aircraft had been flagged by the U. Department of Defense, apparently only because its name contained the word "gay.

I find it very personal. The U. Department of Defense ordered the photos of the Enola Gay — which was named after Paul Tibbets' mother — removed amid that purge, the Associated Press reported Friday. President Donald Trump's administration is also trying to pressure schools and universities that receive public funding to shutter programs that it considers steeped in DEI principles.

She described him as tough, fair, honest, and a man who lived a normal life. It's on my great-grandmother.