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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers run alongside a tank. Smoke billows off a burning home.

Smoke Street

Soldiers assigned to the 55th Armored Infantry Battalion and tanks with the 22nd Tank Battalion move through a smoke-filled street in Wernberg, Germany, April 22, 1945.

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