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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A group of flag-draped caskets sit in a building.

Repatriation Ceremony

Transfer cases containing the possible remains of fallen service members rest in a hangar during a repatriation ceremony for service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during World War II at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 17, 2019. The remains were recently recovered from sites in the Tarawa Atoll and will now undergo the identification process.

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