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| Patriotic Photos
June 19, 2006 | |
 | 06/19/06 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (third from right) helps Rosemary Dillard (second from left), vice-president for the Pentagon Memorial Fund, unveil the memorial marker during the ground breaking ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., June 15, 2006. Other participants at the unveiling include Jim Laychak (left), fund president, and Julie Beckman (second from right), and Keith Kaseman (right), memorial concept designers. Defense Dept. photo by
William D. Moss |
|  | 06/19/06 The inscribed marker stone at the site of the Pentagon Memorial reads: “We claim this ground in remembrance of the events of September 11, 2001, to honor the 184 people whose lives were lost, their families, and all those who sacrifice that we may live in freedom. We will never forget.” Defense Dept. photo by William D. Moss |
|  | 06/19/06 . . . A U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber and 16 other aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps fly over the USS Kitty Hawk, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike groups in the Western Pacific Ocean June 18, 2006, to kick off the start of exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels including three carrier strike groups and more than 300 aircraft and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Todd P. Cichonowicz) |
|  | 06/19/06 U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers USS Ronald Reagan (front), USS Kitty Hawk (middle) and USS Abraham Lincoln (back) sail in formation at the start of Valiant Shield 2006 in the Philippine Sea, June 18, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Spike Call |
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