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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A close-up of a sailors’ hands holding an American over a casket.

Honoring a Hero

Sailors fold an American flag during an interment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, May 13, 2024. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and other attendees honored the life of Navy Seaman 2nd Class George T. George, who was assigned to the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked by Japanese aircraft during World War II. George was accounted for Dec. 2, 2016.

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