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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Men with rifles crouch several feet from a hillside cave entrance that has smoke coming out of it.

Cave Watch

U.S. Marines watch the mouth of a cave into which an explosive charge was thrown to see if any Japanese soldiers will try to escape. This was one of the many bitterly contested cave positions found in Okinawa’s numerous ridges and hills during World War II.

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