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Nam remembers hearing gunshots after the student was escorted out of the school. The French officers later lied and told family and friends that the student died in prison. According to Nam, the student was murdered due to his involvement in the Viet Minh campaign against the French. Nam later transferred schools to Vietnam Heu Duong. Nam is the 5th child out of 9 children; he is the oldest male. Having grown up in the period of French domination, Nam is fluent in French. His mother was a stay-at-home mother, and his father was a \"thugia\". His family raised horses, cattle, and other animals. Nam enjoys music; he was featured on Paris By Night 88 through his acquaintance with Vietnamese songwriter Lam Phuong and author Nguyen Ngoc Ngan. When Vietnam was divided into North and South, Nam was 20 years old and was training at the Thu Duc officer training school. Because he went to Thu Duc, Nam was only able to obtain his Tu Tai 1. Nam also attended military training at Fort Benning for one year, and he later returned for additional specialized military training for only a select few. While serving, Nam was injured twice. He recalls waking up in the Pleiku Hospital in 1961 after being injured. When he was not active on the battlefield, Nam worked for a military radio station; he was also involved in government affairs and politics under the presidency of President Diem. During his time in the military, Nam came into contact with several followers of the Viet Cong, who told him that the reason they decided to join Viet Cong was because they believed that the US wanted to dominate Vietnam. Nam believes that the South lost not due to lack of military ability but due to political and governmental reasons; had the US funded South Vietnam with adequate weapons, Nam believes the South could have won. On April 30 (Fall of Saigon), Nam was stationed on base with Suu Doan 22. Nam says the moment when the Republic of Vietnam flag was lowered and removed was one that he could never forget and was his saddest memory. From Saigon, he left to the Philippines and then to Guam before seeking permanent residence in the United States. He came to San Antonio, Texas for 3 years with his mother. He attended school for a year before working at Exxon. From a car wash employee, Nam was promoted to assistant manager at the Exxon station. He then bought a different gas station in Houston in addition to buying used cars to repair and sell. Nam later sold the gas station and joined the fishing business. Though Nam was very successful in this business, he was met with many obstacles, one of which was a lawsuit regarding the KKK and their acts of racism. Nam is actively involved in the campaign for democracy for Vietnam, being a founder for the \"Cong Dong Nguoi Viet Quoc Gia Dan Chu\" (Democratic Vietnamese Community)."},{"label":"Abstract","value":"This recording and transcript form part of a collection of oral history interviews conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation and donated to the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. This collection includes video recordings of interviews with Vietnamese Americans native to or living in Texas. This interview forms part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project conducted by the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation."},{"label":"People and Organizations","value":["Nam, Nguyen Van"]},{"label":"Accessibility","value":["This item may have accessibility enhancements created by AI, which means there might be misspellings and/or grammatical errors. 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