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The Pentagon Joint Service Honor Guard kicks off a ceremony June 16, 2006, to mark the beginning of work on the Pentagon Memorial at the site where 184 innocent lives were lost when terrorist-hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Pentagon Memorial

The Pentagon Joint Service Honor Guard kicks off a ceremony June 16, 2006, to mark the beginning of work on the Pentagon Memorial at the site where 184 innocent lives were lost when terrorist-hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.

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