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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A veteran sitting outside talks to a reporter standing over him with a recording device, as soldiers linger in the background.

Pointe du Hoc Return

Army veteran John Raaen talks to a member of the French media at the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France, June 5, 2019, during a reenactment of the climb he and other soldiers did 75 years earlier to capture German artillery positions on D-Day.

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