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In the early hours of January 31, 1968, eighty-thousand North Vietnamese and Vietcong combat troops attacked every major city and military base in South Vietnam. The perimeter of the massive Saigon Airbase, Tan Son Nhut, was breached, and fighting raged all morning. Both gritty and intimate, From Chicago to Vietnam tells the powerful story of the ensuing epic battle, the Tet Offensive, from the perspective of one brave American soldier, Michael Duffy, whose life, like so many others, would forever be changed. Duffy's war experience begins when he exits a C-130 cargo plane onto the Tan Son Nhut tarmac--a chaotic scene of blasts, explosions, and small arms fire. Sprinting to a waiting helicopter, he is lifted up and over the city, where he gets a bird's-eye view of Saigon under attack.
About the Author
Michael Duffy was born and raised on Chicago's far north side in a neighborhood called east Rogers Park. In the 1950s and 1960s east Rogers Park was an Irish and Jewish enclave housing many European immigrants who arrived after World War II. After graduation from High School Mr. Duffy was quickly drafted into the U.S.Army and became part of the huge military force headed to fight in Vietnam. After his Vietnam tour of duty he enrolled into Colorado College, a small liberal arts college in Colorado Springs. While at Colorado College he began painting and writing about his Vietnam Experiences. From Chicago to Vietnam is Mr. Duffy's first book. His work is not a "shoot-em-up" war book but rather the story of a young man caught up in a tumultuous era.
