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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Several men in heavy clothing and helmets stand and sit along a snow bank.

Waiting to Withdraw

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

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