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Re: Former SEA POW Passes
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From: Andi Wolos & Bob Necci
(POW-MIA InterNetwork)
Date: July 18, 2002
"Obituaries in the News
Wednesday, July 17, 2002; 9:13 PM
Floyd Thompson
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) – Col. Floyd "Jimmy" Thompson, a decorated Army veteran who was the longest-held American prisoner during the Vietnam War, died Tuesday. He was 69. No cause of death was available.
Thompson was the longest-held POW in the Vietnam War, being held 10 days short of nine years, according to the Secretary of Defense's Historical Office.
He was captured in South Vietnam on March 26, 1964, after his light observation plane was shot down.
He was turned over to the North Vietnamese in 1968, and was interrogated and tortured until his release on March 16, 1973.
Thompson continued to serve in the Army until 1981. He received the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, two Purple Hearts and several other military honors.
President Reagan awarded Thompson the Prisoner of War medal in 1988.
© 2002 The Associated Press"
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