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Floyd James "Jim" Thompson (July 8, 1933 – July 16, 2002) was a United States Army colonel. He was one of the longest-held American prisoners of war, spending nearly nine years in captivity in the forests and mountains of South Vietnam, Laos, and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
19. Juli 2002 · Col. Floyd J. Thompson, who endured nearly nine years of torture, disease and starvation in Vietnam as the longest-held prisoner of war in American history, has died. He was 69.
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Army Special Forces Capt. Floyd "Jim" Thompson was held prisoner of war longer than any other POW in American history, suffering nine years of brutal torture and deprivation in jungle cages and cold prison cells.
18. Juli 2002 · Col. Floyd J. Thompson, who for almost nine years endured cold cells, jungle cages and torture in Vietnam, becoming the longest-serving American prisoner of war in any conflict, died on Tuesday...
2. Aug. 2001 · Col Floyd James Thompson, virtually unknown Vietnam veteran despite being longest serving prisoner of war in American history, is subject of Tom Philpott book, Glory Denied, which he has...
Floyd James "Jim" Thompson. Jim Thompson was born on July 8, 1933, in Bergenfield, New Jersey. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 27, 1956, and was trained as a Clerk. Thompson was accepted into Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, in September 1957, and was commissioned a 2LT of Infantry on April 18, 1958.
25. März 2001 · ANNALS OF WAR about Lt. Col. Floyd (Jim) Thompson, who was captured by Vietnamese forces in March, 1964, and was the longest-held P.O.W. of the Vietnam War… Writer first interviewed Thompson...
