Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's staffers damaged a historic globe, which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower used and jotted down on during the World War II.
As reported by NBC, the damage was done when the staff tried to move the historic artefact to his office at Hegseth's request.
When was the Eisenhower globe damaged?
While the incident came to light on Thursday, October 22, it happened in February after Hegseth said he wanted the globe, mounted in a wooden frame, in his office, the officials revealed.
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The globe was one of at least two that Eisenhower had, and it was special, as it had green pen or marker notations where Eisenhower marked areas in Europe during WWII.
Who manages the US artefact?
The historic American artefact is catalogued and kept by the US Army Center of Military History (CMH); however, it is displayed in the Pentagon.
The globe was kept in a senior Army office in the Pentagon.
How much damage did the globe sustain?
Instead of waiting for Army historians or CMH to move the globe, several staffers from Hegseth's office tried to do so themselves, dropping it, creating a hole in the lower part of it and damaging another area.
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A Pentagon official acknowledged the incident but said the globe was a replica.
"An accident occurred while staff were transporting a replica of the Eisenhower globe as part of its relocation. Accidents happen, we are grateful no one was harmed, and the globe is being repaired," the Pentagon official said.
However, as per the three officials, NBC noted that the artefact was indeed the original and not the replica.
