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Items left by visitors to the Pentagon Memorial sit near one of the park's 184 inscribed memorial benches, Sept. 12, 2008. Each bench honors a 9/11 terrorist attack victim killed in the building or aboard American Airlines Flight 77. The memorial was dedicated Sept. 11, 2008. DoD photo by John J. Kruzel

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Items left by visitors to the Pentagon Memorial sit near one of the park's 184 inscribed memorial benches, Sept. 12, 2008. Each bench honors a 9/11 terrorist attack victim killed in the building or aboard American Airlines Flight 77. The memorial was dedicated Sept. 11, 2008. DoD photo by John J. Kruzel

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