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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

President George W. Bush holds the elbow of an older soldier wearing the Medal of Honor.

Ed Freeman

President George W. Bush drapes the Medal of Honor on retired Army Maj. Ed Freeman in the East Room of the White House, July 16, 2001. Freeman was awarded the honor for his actions in 1965 when, as a helicopter pilot, he flew through gunfire more than 20 times during the Battle of Ia Drang to bring supplies to trapped soldiers. He flew more than 70 of them to safety.

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