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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Four paratroopers in face paint sit holding their parachutes in a plane as they prepare to jump on D-Day. One of them holds a note that is his orders from Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Initial Assault

Resolute faces of U.S. Army paratroopers just before they took off for the initial assault of D-Day. The paratrooper in the foreground had just read Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's message of good luck and clasped his bazooka in determination. Note Eisenhower's D-Day order in the hands of the paratrooper in the foreground.

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