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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Man stands and salutes as a group of people sit surrounding him and clap.

Veteran's Salute

World War II veteran Jack Goldstein salutes as he is applauded during the presentation of a World War II flag flown aboard a landing craft during the D-Day invasion at Normandy, France, in 1944 to officials of the Smithsonian Institution during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, July 18, 2019.

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