About Don Luce
Lived 1934 – 2022 (aged 87–88). Don Luce was a humanitarian, political activist, journalist and university teacher.
Donald Sanders Luce (September 20, 1934 – November 17, 2022) was an American aid worker and anti-war activist.
Early life and education Luce was born on September 20, 1934, and raised in East Calais, Vermont. After publication of the book, Luce returned to Vietnam as a journalist for the World Council of Churches. His knowledge of the Vietnamese language made him a source of information for American reporters. Luce used a hand-drawn map to find a secret door to an area where over 500 starving and tortured men and women were shackled in what were known as "tiger cages" under grates in a walkway. The photos caused global condemnation.
After the end of the Vietnam War, Luce returned to the United States and became the director of IVS until 1997. He retired in 2018.
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American aid worker and activist (1934–2022)
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Don Luce was born in 1934.
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Don Luce died in 2022.
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Don Luce was a humanitarian, political activist, journalist and university teacher.
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