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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Large plumes of smoke rise from a sinking ship in the ocean.

Blazing Fire

Fire blazes from the USS Wasp as it sinks south of San Cristobal Island after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, Sept. 15, 1942.

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