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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Four service members raise a U.S. flag on a flagpole while others watch in the background.

Raising the Flag

Soldiers of the Army's 77th Infantry Division raise the U.S. flag on a small island 17 miles off the shore of Okinawa, Japan, a few days before a vast Allied 1,400-ship armada landed on Okinawa on April 1, 1945.

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  • Credit: U.S. Coast Guard/National Archives  VIRIN: 220523-G-D0439-018.JPG
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