11.   The Vietnam and Korean wars, smaller conflicts with fewer American casualties than World War II, have national memorials.

12.   With fewer people choosing burial, cemeteries find themselves needing to advertise the benefits of having a memorial.

13.   Germany already has numerous memorials to Holocaust victims, from plaques and sculptures in nearly every major city to the former concentration camps themselves.

14.   Some veterans from northern New Jersey lobbied to have the memorial built somewhere closer to them.

15.   The plan to have a memorial has been dogged by controversy for years.