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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Five Marines wearing combat helmets and holding guns stand in a foxhole with sparse trees in the background.

Foxhole Front

U.S. Marines stand in a foxhole near the front lines of combat on Saipan, July 1, 1944.

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