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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Marines stand at parade rest under the words of Joe Rosenthal who photographed the now famous shot of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. The National Museum of the Marine Corps Quantico, Va., will open Nov. 10, 2006.

U.S. Marines stand at parade rest under the words of Joe Rosenthal who photographed the now famous shot of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. The National Museum of the Marine Corps Quantico, Va., will open Nov. 10, 2006.

U.S. Marines stand at parade rest under the words of Joe Rosenthal who photographed the now famous shot of U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima. The National Museum of the Marine Corps Quantico, Va., will open Nov. 10, 2006.

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