Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Will Autograph His Vietnam War Memoir
BALTIMORE, March 23, 2009 – BAA Maryland, developer of the AIRMALL® at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), and Borders (Terminal A/B) will host author and retired Air Force colonel Leo Thorsness for a book signing on Thursday, March 26 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Thorsness will sign copies of his memoir Surviving Hell: A POW’s Journey. In it, the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient recalls the six years he spent in the Hanoi Hilton after his plane was shot down during the Vietnam War.
PLEASE NOTE: Media interested in covering the event must RSVP to Heather Pharo (heather.pharo@elias-savion.com or 412-642-7700). Because of airport security restrictions, you will be required to provide your full name and valid driver’s license information (state and number) when you RSVP. You will need to meet at the information desk near the B security checkpoint to be escorted to Borders. Please be sure to bring a photo ID.