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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man directs tank fire.

Tank Fire

Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ernest C. Cheatham Jr. (foreground) leads the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in combat in Hue City, South Vietnam, in February 1968.

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