Pete Hegseth wanted a piece of presidential history for his Pentagon office, but the move didn’t go according to plan.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff damaged a historic globe associated with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower while attempting to move it to Hegseth’s office at the Pentagon, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Thursday, October 22.
The 30-inch globe, which dates to the 1930s, was reportedly dropped during the attempted move, leaving a hole in its surface near Antarctica and separating the globe from the metal mount that allows it to rotate.
The Army confirmed the damage to The Washington Post, saying it occurred during an “attempted move” on February 3. Army spokesperson Christopher Surridge said the globe was ultimately not relocated to Hegseth’s office.
According to the report, Hegseth’s staff requested that one of two globes associated with Eisenhower and housed at the Pentagon be moved to the defense secretary’s office. The globes are believed to have been used by Eisenhower during World War II, when he served as a general in the U.S. Army.
The move was typically expected to be handled by trained curators from the U.S. Army Center of Military History, but the center’s staff members were furloughed during a partial government shutdown, and Hegseth’s staff attempted the move without their assistance, according to the newspaper.
View this post on InstagramThe Defense Department acknowledged the incident in a statement provided to The Washington Post after the newspaper published its report.
“Accidents happen,” the statement said. “We are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired.”
The department did not provide an estimated repair cost or timeline.
Eisenhower served as a five-star general during World War II and commanded Allied forces during the D-Day landings in France in 1944. He later served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
The damaged globe is one of two globes associated with Eisenhower that are housed at the Pentagon, according to The Washington Post. Another globe is displayed in the office of the Army chief of staff.
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