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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Several small boats pull up to a shoreline. Groups of men are on the beach as plumes of smoke rise nearby.

Troops Ready

Landing crafts filled with Allied troops come ashore on the beaches of southern France near Cape Cavalaire, Aug. 15, 1944.

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