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America Supports You: Miss America Tours Pentagon, Thanks Troops
Blackanthem Military News,
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2006
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Miss America 2006 Jennifer
Berry poses in front of the Pentagon with her famous crown March 23.
Berry toured the Pentagon to meet with service members. Photo by Gerry
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Reigning Miss America Jennifer
Berry had nothing but good to say about servicemembers she met in a tour
of the Pentagon today.
"It was absolutely wonderful and such an honor for me," the 22-year-old
Tulsa, Okla. , native said.
Berry visited with soldiers after a briefing on Army operations and later
met with sailors working down the hallway. She also viewed a display of
quilts made by Americans across the country in remembrance of the Sept.
11, 2001, terror attack on the Pentagon.
Berry's visit was coordinated between the Army and the United Service
Organizations of Metropolitan Washington. USO volunteer Annette Conway,
wife of Marine Lt. Gen. James Conway, director of operations for the Joint
Staff, was on hand to help out on the tour.
Mrs. Conway and Berry yesterday visited with wounded servicemembers at the
National Naval Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. , and at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center here. "We had a wonderful, wonderful visit," Conway said.
Berry greatly buoyed the spirits of the servicemembers at Bethesda and
Walter Reed and "really impressed me tremendously," she said.
Today at the Pentagon, Army Staff Sgt. Ricky Kannamore was one of many
servicemembers who had their photo taken with Berry. Kannamore said he's
grateful that celebrities like Miss America take the time to visit
servicemembers. "It's just a happy thing to see that they appreciate what
we do, being soldiers," Kannamore said. "We like that. "
At the conclusion of her Pentagon tour, Berry said the pleasure was all
hers. "Everyone was thanking me for coming to visit, but I can't thank
them enough to allowing me to come give them the gratitude that I can for
their hard work," she said.
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
ADDITIONAL PHOTO:
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Army Staff
Sgt. Ricky Kannamore talks with Miss America 2006 Jennifer Berry near
the Army Operations Center in the Pentagon March 23. Berry toured the
Pentagon to meet with service members. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore |
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