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Pentagon dedicates 9-11 memorial corridor

/noticias.info/ 27/03/2003
At the end of the Pentagon's 4th corridor is a hallway display full of memories and shattered dreams.

The corridor and adjacent wedge was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001 when American flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon that morning.

Now rebuilt, work was completed last week on an attack corridor memorial, now located on the second floor.

Close to the display are the offices of Martha Carden and other G-1 personnel who survived the attack. Carden has worked for in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, now G-1, since 1984.

"Someone asked me how I feel having the display right outside my door. I thought about it for a moment and told him that these were my friends who are always in my heart. I like having them there."

The display background is 962 pounds of Pentagon limestone, 2 inches thick. With a superimposed acrylic façade with "United in memory ... United in Freedom

Memorial coins, and photos and names of all 29 members of those killed during the Pentagon attack from the office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and DCSPER.

A Pentagon-shaped dedication plaque reads:

"Near this spot on September 11, 2001, the offices of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel endured a horrific attack by terrorists using a hijacked plane ... changing our lives forever.

These 29 friends, coworkers and loved ones paid the ultimate price for their Army and Nation. We will forever mourn their loss and celebrate their lives.

Our memories of their devotion and sacrifice will remain with us always - as we, the survivors, soldier on for this great Army and Nation."


"For our survivors and current members of the M&RA / G-1 family, it serves as a symbol of resolve, reminding us of the importance of our mission and its potential cost," said Lt. Gen. John Le Moyne, the Army G-1. "The memorial is a symbol that the M&RA and G-1 families will never forget how they were affected that tragic day 18 months ago."

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