Posted on 07/16/2009 2:20:53 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Jim Thompson or James Harrison Wilson Thompson was born in Greenville, Delaware in 1906. He attended public schools in Wilmington, went on to boarding school at St. Paul's and attended Princeton University, the family university, from 1924 to 1928.
Although Thompson had a keen interest in art, he chose to become an architect and went on to study architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a practicing architect in New York City until 1940.
With the escalation of the war in Europe in the early 1940s, Thompson volunteered for service in the United States Army, an important turning point in his life.
During the Second World War, Thompson was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a move which offered him an opportunity to see more of the world.
Thompson as a member of an OSS group was assigned to work with French forces in North Africa. His assignments also took him into Italy, France and Asia.
To prepare for his mission, Thompson undertook rigorous training in jungle survival. He completed the course successfully.....
Been to the House and a few of the stores in Thailand.
He went missing in Malaysia only to resurface as the founder of FreeRepublic. LOL
According to Keith Scoldermann, Jim Thompson is also the curator of a right-wing hate site that dared criticize the Royal Family.
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