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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Marines climb stairs on a ship.

Mayaguez Boarding

Members of Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines board the SS Mayaguez in May, 1975. Gas masks were worn because the Air Force had bombed the ship with tear gas canisters.

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