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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Soldiers wade through water while making their way from a landing craft ramp onto shore.

Normandy Landing

Soldiers disembark from a landing craft under heavy fire off the coast of Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.

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