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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A man wearing a brimmed hat stands while a second man puts a medal around his neck.

Medal Presentation

President George W. Bush places the Medal of Honor around the neck of Army pilot Lt. Col. Bruce P. Crandall, who saved the lives of dozens of soldiers during a mission in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam in 1965.

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