March 29 marks an important, commemorative day for Vietnam War-
era veterans. National Vietnam War Veterans Day came about as the result of the passage of the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act
that was signed into law by President Trump in 2017.
Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)
Soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas, ill with Spanish flu at a hospital
ward at Camp Funston.
Just before breakfast on the morning of March 4, Private Albert Gitchell of the
U.S. Army reports to the hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas, complaining of the cold-
like symptoms of sore throat, fever and headache. Soon after, over 100 of his
fellow soldiers had reported similar symptoms, marking what are believed to
be the first cases in the historic influenza pandemic of 1918, later known as
Spanish flu. The flu would eventually kill 675,000 Americans and an estimated
20 million to 50 million people around the world, proving to be a far deadlier
force than even the First World War.
A nurse treating a patient in Washington, DC.
On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bows out
after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode
watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was
the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that
time.
Set near Seoul, Korea, behind the American front lines during
the Korean War, M*A*S*H was based on the 1968 novel by Richard
Hooker and the 1970 film produced by 20th Century Fox and
directed by Robert Altman. Its title came from the initials for the
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
ROSS SIMPSON
Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906)
