Lam Thi Quang - Definition and Overview

General Lam Quang Thi (Lâm Quang Thi) was born in Bac Lieu province, Vietnam in 1932. He graduated from graduated from Dalat National Military Academy, in 1951.

His positions he held within the Army of the Republic of Vietnam as Commander, RVNAF Artillery Training Center, Commander, Artillery I Corps, Deputy Commander, RVNAF Artillery, Commander, 9th Infantry Division and Commander of the Vietnam National Military Academy.

His decorations are the Vietnamese National Order, 3rd Degree, the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross, Army Distinguished Service order, 1st class, Navy Distinguished Service order, 1st class, Armed Forces Honor Medal, 1st class, National Order of Vietnam, 3rd class, Staff Service Honor Medal, 1st class, Technical Service Honor Medal, 1st class, Training Service Honor Medal, 1st class, Civil Actions Honor Medal, 1st class, Merit Thai, the U.S. Legion of Merit, and the Korean Order of Chung Mu.

He earned a French Baccalaureate Degree in Philosophy and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

He currently resides in exile in Milpitas, California.

External Links

• Book Review of The Twenty-five Year Century: A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon by General Lam Thi Quang (http://www.unt.edu/untpress/titles/thiquang.htm)
• A Vietnamese Response to McNamara War was lost in Washington, not in Saigon (http://www.vietgate.net/vietmag/408/408_vn_response.html) by Lam Quang Thi posted by the Pacific News Service
• My Father's Army Uniform (http://www.generalhieu.com/lqthi-2.htm) by Andrew Lam

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