Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza. occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The. latter 2 were in the era of modern virology and most thor-. oughly characterized. All 3 have been informally identified. by their presumed sites of origin as Spanish, Asian, and.
Just south of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is the Vietnam Womenâs Memorial, which serves to commemorate the 265,000 women that served in the Vietnam War, many of whom worked as nurses.
By 1961, guerrilla warfare was widespread in South Vietnam. Communist-led troops of the National Liberation Front (NLF) of South Vietnam, commonly referred to as Vietcong, were initiating hundreds of terrorist and small unit attacks per month. Saigonâs military, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), was not able to contain this growing insurgency.