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SGT. MAJOR LARRY L. STRICKLAND, 52, of Woodbridge, Va., was to retire soon as senior adviser on personnel issues to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was not scheduled to be at work on Sept. 11, when American Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. His mother, Olga Strickland, said her son went to work on his day off because he was dedicated. "He liked to fish and he was a gourmet cook," she said. "He liked the outdoors, he liked to fix things around the house. He was a jack of all trades. He could do a little bit of everything. He inherited that from his father." Strickland is survived by his wife and three children.

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