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Author: Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael Jones, Defense Media Activity

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Nano Satellites

Nano Satellites

Sputnik. The name alone evokes images of a bygone, atomic era: set to a soundtrack of post-war rockabilly, the world seemed to broadcast itself in Technicolor, and mankind was taking the first meaningful steps into the final frontier.

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An Image for the Ages

An Image for the Ages

The flag was up. Old Glory, small as she seemed, was flapping proudly in the Pacific breeze atop Mt. Suribachi, the ancient volcano on the tiny island of Iwo Jima, claimed after four days of bloody fighting in February 1945.

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Ghosts of Iwo Jima

Ghosts of Iwo Jima

Deafening silence. Snow lightly dusts the branches of the Christmas trees on this cold, gray Galloway, New Jersey morning.

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Budget for the Holidays

Budget for the Holidays

Black Friday. The name alone sounds ominous. It seems the department store Christmas decorations come out a little earlier each year. (Some snowflakes and reindeers were even visible before Halloween this time.)

To be Worthy of Our Heritage

It's an old photo. It's one of those postcard portraits - the kind shot at any Midwestern Woolworths in the sepia-toned era of America's first year of World War II.