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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A tank moves down a dirt road.

Achilles Tank

A British Achilles tank destroyer on the east bank of Germany’s Rhine River links up with British airborne forces who deplaned from their Airspeed Horsa gliders on March 24, 1945.

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