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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two high-ranking officers stand on a boat with a sailor in the background.

General Eisenhower

Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower on board a British small vessel while returning from a destroyer in Naples Harbor, Italy, circa 1944.

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