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When it was built we (USA) also had five branches of service: Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force & Coast Guard.
by edoceo 6y ago
When it was built we (USA) also had five branches of service: Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force & Coast Guard.
- mulmen 6y agoThis is commonly repeated but is completely false. The Pentagon was completed in 1943 but the Air Force didn’t exist as a separate branch until 1947. I can’t find any evidence that the Coast Guard was ever headquartered in the Pentagon.
- edoceo 6y agoYea, thanks! I heard it once on a tour of DC. A bit more history I learned today from here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-pentagon-pentagon-180962719/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-p...
- mulmen 6y ago> During World War II, messengers traveled the hallways by bike or roller skates. Amazing. If I ever gain the ability to time travel I'm taking roller blade technology back to the 1940s to see what effect it has on the war effort.