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Original Sketch for the Pentagon Building, 21 July 1941 ... Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; 1400 Defense Pentagon; Washington, DC 20301-1400; This site follows XHTML and CSS standards; Last Update: June 6, 2008 ... History Banner...
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pentagon.afis.osd.mil/history.html
pentagon.afis.osd.mil/history.html
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The Pentagon Official Web Site ... American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the west side of the Pentagon after being hijacked, killing all aboard as well as over a hundred people within the Pentagon. The flight penetrated three of the five rings of the Pentagon. ... History Banner...
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pentagon.afis.osd.mil/september11.html
pentagon.afis.osd.mil/september11.html
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Washington Post journalist Vogel provides an incisive history of the Pentagon both as an architectural construct and as an American symbol, though not as an institution.
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www.amazon.com/Pentagon-History-Steve-Vogel/dp/14000630...
www.amazon.com/Pentagon-History-Steve-Vogel/dp/1400063035
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; Photo, Aerial overview of the Pentagon, with the Washington Monument in the distance. ... — U.S. Department of Defense, History of the Pentagon ... History of the Pentagon — U.S. DOD info, archived at Archive.org.
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www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html
www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/The_Pentagon.html
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On leaving the Pentagon in 1981 Perry became man-aging director until 1985 of Hambrecht and Quist, a San Francisco investment banking firm that specialized in high technology companies.
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www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/perr...
www.defenselink.mil/specials/secdef_histories/bios/perry.htm
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In the early 1940s, the Pentagon Building was conceived by Brigadier General Brehon Sommervell to provide a solution to the War Department’s shortage of space. The hope was that by consolidating the 17 buildings of the War Department, the speed of communication would improve.
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www.npr.org/news/specials/americatransformed/scene/0911...
www.npr.org/news/specials/americatransformed/scene/091101.pentagonhistory.html
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The Pentagon's unusual five-sided shape was dictated by the site originally proposed (adjacent to Memorial Drive, about three-fourths of a mile north of where the building was actually constructed). An early plan called for a square structure with one corner cut off to accommodate an existing road.
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911research.wtc7.net/pentagon/history.html
911research.wtc7.net/pentagon/history.html
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- Discussing the recent biography of Donald Rumsfeld and the history of longstanding problems in the Pentagon over the past 35 years, author Andrew Cockburn and original military reformer Pierre M. ... Event: Book reception and discussion of Pentagon history with Andrew Cockburn and Pierre M. Sprey...
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www.cdi.org/friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID...
www.cdi.org/friendlyversion/printversion.cfm?documentID=3930
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