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New York Times obituary (click here)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/world/asia/don-luce-dead.html
Washington Post obituary (click here)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/12/08/luce-vietnam-tiger-cage-dies/
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Tel:
84-4-3.8454518 Fax: 84-4-3.8234374
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Ha
Noi, November 29th 2022
Warmest greetings of friendship from Ha Noi, Viet Nam!
It was with deep sadness that we received the news of
the sudden passing away of Mr. Don Luce, your beloved spouse, on Thursday,
November 17th 2022, at Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, New York,
U.S.A., at the age of 88.
On behalf of the Viet Nam – USA Society, allow us to join many American and Vietnamese friends to extend
deepest sympathy and most profound condolences to you, your family and friends
for such a big loss.
Don Luce, as a civilian aid worker,
was best known for exposing the existence of “tiger cages,” where the South
Vietnamese government imprisoned and tortured its opponents and critics in
cramped cells in 1971. He became a persistent opponent of the Vietnam War whose
activism led the last American ambassador to South Vietnam to call him one of
the principal reasons the United States lost the war.
Don Luce will
be remembered for all he had done to help the people, especially the
peace-loving, progressive and anti-war activists in the United States and the
world over to see the truth of the struggle of Vietnamese for national
independence and peace. He together with other former members of his aid
mission, created the Indochina Mobile Education Project, affiliated with the
Indochina Resource Center, and toured the United States to spread an antiwar
message.
It was a pleasure for us to
have an opportunity to host Don Luce, Tom Harkins and other American friends on
their visit to Viet Nam many years ago.
Don will be in our
hearts and minds forever as a great source of encouragement and inspiration for many Vietnamese people, especially our youths.
May Don rest in peace in
grace of God, and that you and your family will overcome such a hard time and
soon resume a normal life.
In friendship and solidarity,
Pham Quang Vinh Bui
Van Nghi
President Secretary General
