Ly Tong, the former fighter pilot known as the “Vietnamese James Bond” for his daring stunts — including hijacking a plane to drop 50,000 political leaflets over his homeland, calling on citizens to overthrow the communist government — died Friday at 74.
Ly Tong flips through a booklet describing his past exploits during a visit to Little Saigon in Westminster in 2008. for his daring stunts — including hijacking a plane to drop 50,000 political leaflets over his homeland, calling on citizens to overthrow the communist government — died Friday night in San Diego. He was 74.
While members of an older generation of Vietnamese admired Tong’s fighting spirit, many younger people acknowledged that they had never heard of him — nor did they care to involve themselves in community politics. He parachuted from an emergency exit into a swamp, where the Vietnamese government arrested him two hours later. No one aboard the aircraft was harmed.
He escaped from camp in 1980 and in 1984, after resettling in Louisiana, he graduated from the University of New Orleans and moved to San Jose, where he got involved in community politics, joining protests and eventually writing books on Vietnamese history and culture.
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