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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers fire a large gun at night.

Balete Pass

Soldiers of C Battery, 90th Field Artillery, lay down a barrage on Japanese artillery positions in Balete Pass in the Philippines, April 19, 1945.

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