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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

U.S. and POW/MIA flags fly against a cloudy, gray sky.

Operation Overlord

U.S. and POW/MIA flags fly at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, June 5, 2019. Volunteers read the names of nearly 9,000 American service members who were killed in France during Operation Overlord, which began June 6, 1944.

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