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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A cargo airplane is packed with men, who are smiling and cheering with their hands raised.

Operation Homecoming

Newly freed American prisoners of war celebrate as their C-141A aircraft lifts off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, Feb. 12, 1973, during Operation Homecoming.

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