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Title	Oral history interview with Champa Nankati recorded 2010 Jun. 3
Description	Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Champa Nankati fought with the Royal Lao Army during the Vietnam War. He joined in 1967, and worked undercover for both the Laotian and United States Army in Burma, helping to discover the amount and the places where opium was being grown. In 1971, he joined the SGU, division 111, where he was an intelligence officer, he worked out of Thailand and it was his job to interview enemy soldiers. When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, Nankati was captured by the Pathet Lao and sent to a prison camp. There he was made to work with chains weighing 8 kg on his legs and neck, which were kept on him until 1978. In addition to the poor conditions at the camp, including lack of food and water, the prisoners were made to take pills that helped to brainwash them by hindering their memory. In 1979, he was sent to a different camp, on the border of Laos and Vietnam in the Attapeu province. In this camp, there were no chains or pills, because the work was much more labor intensive, and the prisoners were kept in “bunkers” that had no shade. Nankati escaped from this camp twice. The first time, he walked for 11 miles before the guards caught up to him and brought him back to the camp. After the escape attempt he was held in an underground bunker with no light for three years. The second time, in 1985, he escaped to Thailand with the help of a sympathetic camp doctor, who tricked the head of the camp into signing Nankati’s release forms. He stayed in Thailand after his release and worked at the U.S. Embassy until moving the United States in 1989.
Coverage	1967-1985
Date Original	06/03/2010
Digital Format	video/x-ms-wmv
Duration	1:38:08
Contributors	Hurst, Eileen
Software	Windows Media Player required for viewing
Access Restrictions and Permissions	No access restrictions. For permission to reproduce contact Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research at (860) 832-2976
Image Identifier	VHP2010/21
Creator/Owner	Nankati, Champa
War or Conflict	Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Branch of Service	Laos. Royal Lao Army
Status	Veteran
Subject	Laos. Royal Lao Army Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Lao Concentration camps Pathet Lao
Geographic Location	Vietnam Thailand Laos
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University. Center for Public Policy and Social Research
Language	eng
Relation	Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Type of Resource	Moving image
Citation	Champa Nankati Papers. VHP2010/21. Veterans History Project; Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research.
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