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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

The caretaker of the "Blackened Canteen" tradition, Dr. Hiroya Sugano, center, pours bourbon whiskey into the waters at the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with a member of the Japanese military and the U.S. Air Force, Dec. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

Blackened Canteen

The caretaker of the "Blackened Canteen,” Dr. Hiroya Sugano, holds the World War II-era canteen recovered from a crash site of two American bombers in Japan during a ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2016. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

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