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Defense secretary and Joint Chiefs chairman visit a site from World War II’s Battle of the Bulge. Their hats are wet with rain.

Esper Tour

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visit Bois Jacques — a wooded battlefield — in Bastogne, Belgium, Dec. 16, 2019. The visit was part of a U.S. delegation’s tour of the region to observe of the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

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