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the US Department of Defense; named after the five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia, in which its offices are located. —Freedom Congress Glossary (approved 5-9-90)

the US Department of Defense; named after the five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia, in which its offices are located. Bay, they might have sheaves of orders in their pockets that have been issued by the Pentagon, and it won't stop one single enemy bullet. -Third Dynamic and Communication -High School Indoc Demo (6 July 1957) the US Department of Defense; named after the five-sided building in Arlington, Virginia, in which its offices are located.