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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Hundreds of World War II-era aircraft fly over a large ship.

Tokyo Bay Flyover

Navy planes fly over the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Sept. 2, 1945, to commemorate the signing of surrender documents by Japan.

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