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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

In a historic photo, soldiers on the ground watch as paratroopers descend from the planes flying above them.

Siege of Bastogne

On Dec. 26, 1944, soldiers and paratroopers participate in the Siege of Bastogne in Belgium.

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