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Top Leaders Honor 9/11 Victims at Pentagon Memorial

Sept. 11, 2020 , DOD News

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosted an observance at the Pentagon Memorial to mark the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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