Saved from DEI

Thank you, President Trump and SecDef Hegseth for protecting us from the likes of DEI hires such as PFC Gonsalves.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military to remove diversity-related content in accordance with President Donald Trump's executive order to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government.

And among those files flagged for removal was a photograph of Pfc. Harold Gonsalves. Gonsalves was born into a Mexican-American family in Alameda, California, on Jan. 28, 1926.

He was barely 17 when he joined the Marine Corps Reserve in May 1943. It was with the 15th Marines that he landed on Okinawa on April 1, 1945. Gonsalves was a forward observer for the battalion, directing fire toward the enemy's mountain stronghold on the Motobu Peninsula. As the group approached the front, a Japanese grenade landed in their midst. Without hesitation or reservation, Gonsalves threw himself on it. He absorbed the full blast and fragmentation, saving his comrades who all emerged unharmed.

President Harry S. Truman awarded him a posthumous Medal of Honor, which was presented to his family in San Francisco on June 19, 1946.