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.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is one of the most somber places on the National Mall. Two walls of polished black granite are sunken into the earth, etched with the 58,274 names of the missing or deceased are simple components of the Memorial, dedicated in 1982.