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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A black and white photo of Marines in the snow.

Waiting to Withdraw

Marines of the 5th and 7th regiments who hurled back a surprise onslaught by three Chinese communist divisions wait to withdraw from the Chosin Reservoir area circa December 1950.

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