Posted on 07/21/2009 5:24:11 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath
#5 Jim Thompson POW and Legendary Badass
Who was he?
Jim was just a store clerk, until he decided he could probably impress more girls by telling them he was a Green Beret, which he became.
How He Stared Down Death:
During the Vietnam War, Jim was captured and held as a prisoner of war, at which time he was beaten and tortured. The time we're speaking of by the way was a period of nine years, giving him a pretty bittersweet record for being held as a POW.
hardcore
I love how cracked.com types all their stuff.
A few years late in my post but I just watched CSPAN Book TV from 6/14/01 which I DVRed from 2/16/2013 an interview of the author Tom Philpott from his book GLORY DENIED, THE SAGA OF JIM THOMPSON.
I always believed that Edward Alvarez was the longest held Vietnam War POW, but now I now that actually Jim Thompson was.
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