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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Several American soldiers wearing Army Eighth Division patches stand with a German general and his dog.

General Surrender

Army Maj. Gen. Donald A. Stroh receives the surrender of German Gen. Hermann Ramcke, commandant of the Brest fortress, Sept. 19, 1944.

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