Early Life
When Nam Cam was 15 years old, he was arrested for stabbing a man to death in a fight. He subsequently spent two years in jail. Upon his release, he joined the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in 1966, to fight against communist North Vietnam. Nam Cam was a devout anti-communist, and he remained in Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon, to help defend South Vietnam from the invading North Vietnamese army and their Viet Cong agents.
He eventually was captured by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and was made to undergo reeducation by the North Vietnam Government.
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