Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staffers damaged a historic globe used by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during World War II when they tried to move it to his office at his request, three U.S. officials confirmed to NBC News.

The incident happened in February after Hegseth said he wanted the globe, mounted in a wooden frame, in his office, the officials said.

The Washington Post first reported the incident Thursday.

The globe was one of at least two that Eisenhower had, the officials said, and it was especially notable because it had green pen or marker notations where Eisenhower marked areas in Europe during World War II.

The historic American artifact is cataloged and kept by the U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) but displayed in the Pentagon.…