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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart medal are in separate cases, side-by-side in a display.

Medals Display

Army Air Corps 1st Lt. Jack W. Mathis' Medal of Honor and Purple Heart are on display in the World War II Gallery at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

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