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The Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series featuring Mark Bowden
November 15, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The Filson Historical Society Presents
THE GERTRUDE POLK BROWN LECTURE SERIES featuring New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden
In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the Tet Offensive. The lynchpin of Tet was the capture of Hue, Vietnam’s intellectual and cultural capital, by 10,000 National Liberation Front troops who descended from hidden camps and surged across the city of 140,000. Within hours the entire city was in their hands save for two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the Front’s presence, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city, block by block and building by building, in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II.
Wednesday, November 15 | 6:30 p.m. at The Temple
$10 • Reserve your ticket online at filsonhistorical.org/events
FREE for members of The Temple | Please call 502-423-1818 for code.
RSVP to The Temple by Monday, November 13 to 502-423-1818
“Bowden . . . applies his signature blend of deep reportage and character-driven storytelling to bring readers a fresh look at the 1968 battle in the Vietnamese city of Hue . . . [A] compelling and highly readable narrative . . . A meticulous and vivid retelling of an important battle.”—Linda Robinson, New York Times Book Review
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