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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Troops in boats hunker down.

Rhine River Cross

U.S. soldiers cross the Rhine River in Germany in assault vessels on March 23, 1945, at St. Goar, Germany. They are hunkered down because the Germans are firing on them.

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