"From Chicago to Vietnam" a harrowing memoir

Michael Duffy, Vietnam veteran and author, discusses his newly released memoir of war at the Niles-Maine District Library on Wednesday, September 27, at 7pm in the 1st floor Large Meeting Room.

Mr. Duffy recounts a tour of duty that began on the first day of the Tet Offensive when eighty-thousand North Vietnamese and Vietcong soldiers attacked cities and military bases throughout South Vietnam. They would breach the perimeter of Saigon’s Airbase, Tan Son Nhut, forcing Mr. Duffy upon landing to sprint to a waiting helicopter. His harrowing memoir of the brutal tour that followed was 30 years in the making.

Registration can be made through the Information Desk at 847-663-1234 or via the library’s website at www.nileslibrary.org. Registration closes on September 27 at 7pm.

The Niles-Maine District Public Library, 6960 Oakton Street, is located at the northeast corner of Oakton Street and Waukegan Road.  Regular library hours are Monday through Thursday, 9am to 9pm; Friday, 9am to 7pm; Saturday, 9 am to 5pm, and Sunday, 1 to 5pm.

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