VETERANS PRESS: Tragedy at the Pentagon … A 9/11 story
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Where were you when you heard the news? It's a date that needs no explanation. This Sept. 11 marked the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on America that toppled the World Trade Center towers, penetrated the Pentagon, and changed a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, into hallowed ground. Someone says "9/11" and conversations start. As a Navy Wave, I had worked at the Pentagon during the mid '70s for Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Zumwalt. Hearing and seeing the news about the Pentagon on that fateful day broke my military heart. For Kenneth Johnson, 9/11 brings back much more.
"It was a perfect September morning" recalls Ken. "A slight breeze — crisp, cool — just a great day to be supporting our country working at the Pentagon." Ken, an Army Sergeant First Class, worked as the Property Book Officer & Logistics Coordinator for the Chief of Staff of the Army. He had been there since the spring of 1995. His fiancée, Molly, was a civilian analyst in the Army Budget Office as of 1981. "That's how we met," says Ken. "And I had just proposed on Friday, Sept. 7, 2001."
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