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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Navy veterans, who were aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, are greeted with honors as they enter the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2011. The monument is hosting ceremonies throughout the week in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navy veterans, who were aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, are greeted with honors as they enter the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2011. The monument is hosting ceremonies throughout the week in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Navy veterans, who were aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, are greeted with honors as they enter the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2011. The monument is hosting ceremonies throughout the week in remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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