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Photos

Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

An old photo shows dozens of sailors posing near the turret of a ship.

Group Photo

Union Navy sailors pose on the deck of the USS Lehigh, a Passaic-class monitor that was serving on the James River in Virginia during the Civil War.

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