Floyd James Thompson

Floyd James "Jim" Thompson was a United States Army colonel. He was the longest-held American prisoner of war in U.S. history, spending nearly nine years in captivity in the jungle camps and mountains of South Vietnam and Laos, and in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Known for

Acting

Born

1933-07-08 · Bergenfield, New Jersey, United States

Died

2002-07-16