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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.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall designer Maya Lin was a 21-year-old Yale student when her proposal for the black stone monument won the largest design competition in American history. While most people know about the Wall, not everyone knows about the architect behind it. Here are five facts about Lin.