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by edoceo 2103 days ago
When it was built we (USA) also had five branches of service: Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force & Coast Guard.
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mulmen 2103 days ago
This 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.

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edoceo 2103 days ago
Yea, 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-p...
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mulmen 2103 days 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.

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