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Pentagon East
noun
the US military command in Tan Son Nhut air base, South Vietnam US- [A]bout halfway between the South Vietnamese Air Force headquarters and the huge American military complex that used to be called “Pentagon East” or “Mac V.” — Hunter S. Thompson, Songs of the Doomed, p. 167, May 1975
- There in the bowels of a sprawling bunkerlike complex known as “Pentagon East,” the American generals who made up the United States Military Assistance Command for Vietnam (MACV) had plotted the course of the war[.] — Frank Snepp, Decent Interval, p. 10, 1977
- These November briefings, the most elaborate of the war, were held at “Pentagon East.” — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, p. 694, 1988
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