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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A navy veteran sits in a wheelchair and smiles.

Veteran Smile

Ray Chavez, a 105-year-old Navy veteran and the oldest surviving Pearl Harbor veteran smiles before the 76th commemoration of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Oahu, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2017. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle

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