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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. Army surgeons were issued surgical kits like this during the Civil War. Photo by Marine Corps Cpl. Cedric Haller

Surgical Kits

U.S. Army surgeons were issued surgical kits like this during the Civil War. Photo by Marine Corps Cpl. Cedric Haller

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