Jackie Robinson’s Army History Deleted by Pentagon
March 19, 2025
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Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek’s National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and Sydney. She is a graduate of University College London. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing k.rahman@newsweek.com
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An article about baseball legend Jackie Robinson’s time in the Army has been removed from the Department of Defense’s website.
The webpage’s URL now includes “dei” before the article, suggesting it may have been removed as part of President Donald Trump’s executive order ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government.
The article, headlined Sports Heroes Who Served: Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Was WWII Soldier, can still be read on the Internet Archive website.
California station KSBW and ESPN’s Jeff Passan first reported on Tuesday night that the article had been taken down.
Articles about Robinson’s military service were also removed from the Army and Air Force websites, KSBW reported.
Jackie Robinson, pictured in military uniform, signs a contract with a minor league club in Montreal, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1945. Jackie Robinson, pictured in military uniform, signs a contract with a minor league club in Montreal, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1945. Bettman/Getty Images
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