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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Pufffs of dark smoke dot the sky as bombs fall on a ship.

Battle of Midway

The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown is bombed by planes from the Japanese carrier Hiryu during a mid-afternoon attack on June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway.

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