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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers trudge past tanks in the mud.

Mud-Clogged Tanks

Soldiers of the 77th Division infantrymen trudge toward the front lines past mud-clogged tanks during the battle for Okinawa, Japan, in 1945.

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