In 1975 he was central to organizing Operation Babylift as a civilian,[3] which evacuated 2,800 orphaned Vietnamese children.

[5] In 1975 he initiated Operation Baby Lift, which evacuated 2,800 orphaned Vietnamese children,[4] and was later assigned to serve as an aide to William Colby, then-Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam.

[5] DeCamp was featured in an unaired 1993 documentary titled "Conspiracy of Silence" produced by Yorkshire Television for the Discovery Channel.

[6] Producer Tim Tate said that the Discovery Channel withdrew their support for the film shortly before its broadcast date and was never aired on television.

[7] In 1996, DeCamp ran for the U.S. Senate as a Libertarian, but lost to Republican Chuck Hagel.