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    3 hours ago

    It’s not changed during war or peace.

    It carries arrows to show readiness for war and faces the olive branch to show a preference for peace, since it was modified by Truman in 1945.

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      1951 and they are no longer approved for use yet they are still called war eagles and that’s what they’re evoking.