David Cline Life Celebration: Words from Le Hoai Trung the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to the United Nations

On February 16th 2013 friends, family and comrades of David Cline celebrated his life at Connolly’s Pub and Restaurant in Manhattan. Co-sponsored by Veterans For Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign and the Friends and Family of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade we had a great time remembering Cline and his work, but we also talked about the issues of war and peace facing our organizations today. We have a lot of material because the program went from 1:30 to 4:30 but today we will hear from Le Hoai Trung the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ambassador to the United Nations. He gave us the usual greetings from an official, but he also shared with us his experience growing up caught in the crossfire of the Vietnam War. We were all moved by his words. Many of the people in the room participated in creating the horrors he faced, yet he was there with sincerity and hope in his heart talking about how to stop the tragedy and irresponsible folly of war from happening again.