Margaret Craighill became the first woman doctor to receive a commission as an officer in the US Army, in May 1943. The law allowing women into the Army and Navy Medical Corps had been signed by Franklin Roosevelt a month earlier. She had been dean of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and then travelled 56,000 miles to war zones on four continents, reporting on the health of around 160,000 Army nurses and Women's Army Corps personnel. She showed that women could work well in extreme climates and set up regular physical exams for servicewomen. After the war she became a consultant on women veterans' care.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.