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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A plaque on the deck of a battleship surrounded by floral tributes.

USS Missouri

The surrender site aboard the USS Missouri is immortalized with a covered plaque. Ahead of the ship -- now moored in Pearl Harbor -- is the USS Arizona Memorial.

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