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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

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Blitz and Blackout

Retired Army Col. David Burpee, right, poses with Stan Loer. Both men were born on Dec. 7, 1941, amid the Japanese bombings on the island that thrust the U.S. into World War II. Nurses that day nicknamed Stan "Blitz" and David "Blackout."

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