Thi Lam's Biography

Born in the Mekong Delta in 1932 to a wealthy land-owning family, Thi Quang Lam spent 25 years in the army and rose to the rank of lieutenant general by the time the Vietnam war ended. In Vietnam, he obtained a French baccalaureate in French philosophy and later, in the United States, an MBA. During his military service, he was awarded the Vietnamese National Order, The U.S. Legion of Merit and the Korean Order of Chung Mu. He currently lives in Fremont, Calif. He is the author of "The Twenty-Five Year Century: A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War." His upcoming book, "Hell in An Loc" will be published in winter 2009 by University of North Texas Press.