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World Service,23 Aug 1999,28 mins

Monuments and Memorials

My Century

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Commemorating the people and events that marked the 20th Century. New Zealand's aviation pioneer Jean Batten; Valle de los Caidos as described by Laurentio Saenz de Baruaga; Ben Helscott talks about what Yad Vashem means to him; Jan Scruggs on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC; and Brian Urquhart on his friend Dag Hammarskjold who helped shape the United Nations.

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