DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: A lot of Americans out there don't know that inside the nation's Pentagon sits an impressive and priceless collection of military art. And included in that collection, remarkable pieces confiscated from Germany's Third Reich. CNN's Jeanne Meserve joins us from the Pentagon's Navy hall with a look at that. Jeanne, hello.</s>JEANNE MESERVE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Daryn, Hi. There are about 450 pieces of art in the Army's possession, confiscated from Germany after World War II part of the effort to discriminate Nazi party and prevent its resurgence. Most have been returned to Germany, but 450 items remain in the Army's hands. Every picture tells a story, but one of these pictures has a story with a twist.</s>RENEE KLISH, ARMY CURATOR: This picture of Hitler in armor, also known as the standard-bearer, has an obvious hole in it, and that was done by an American soldier after World War II, when he bayoneted the picture. So if you ever see it in a textbook and the picture is complete, you can tell that it's pre-World War II, and with the hole, you know that it's coming afterwards. Some anonymous G.I.</s>MESERVE: And if you are a student of history, you know Adolf Hitler himself was a painter. The Army has four of his paintings, wouldn't let us shoot them though, wanted us concentrate on the rest of their collection.</s>FRAZIER: Jeanne, thanks. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www. fdch. com
Inside Pentagon Sits Impressive Collection of Military Art