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5 days ago · Pentagon, large five-sided building in Arlington county, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, including all three military services—Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Dec 18, 2009 · The Pentagon is the Virginia headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, located in a massive five-sided concrete and steel building that’s a potent symbol of America’s military strength....
Apr 16, 2024 · Why is the Pentagon actually a pentagon? And is it the biggest office building in the world? Find these answers and more in the 10 things you probably didn't know about the Pentagon.
Pentagon, Huge five-sided building (1941–43) in Arlington, Va., that is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Designed by George Edwin Bergstrom, it was, on its completion, the world’s largest office building, covering 34 acres (14 hectares) and offering 3.7 million sq ft (about 344,000 sq m) of usable floor space for as many ...
The institutional status of the Pentagon derives from its role as nerve center of the country’s armed forces—the largest of U.S. government institutions. From 1942 to 1947 it housed the War...
Apr 10, 2017 · The reason for the Pentagon’s shape is no myth, but other conspiracy theories and false beliefs persist, including an absurd claim that a plane never did plow into the building on 9/11. A Cold...
Jun 9, 2021 · By Brian Gallagher, Jennifer Harlan and Janny Scott June 9, 2021. Share full article. ‘We’re Going to Publish’. An Oral History of the Pentagon Papers. Interviews for this oral history were...
