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100	1		_aPhilpott, Tom.
245	1	0	_aGlory denied : _bthe saga of Jim Thompson, America's longest-held prisoner of war / _cTom Philpott.
260			_aNew York : _bNorton, _c2001.
300			_axvi, 457 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., map ; _c25 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aAuthor's note -- Vietnam map -- Introduction -- Prisoner: Dying -- Pit -- Key West -- America's son, 1933-1963 -- Bergenfield -- Alyce -- Marriage -- Army -- Special forces -- Orders -- Gone again -- War and dreams, 1964 1973: In-country -- Camp Khe Sanh -- Patrols -- Friendly fire -- Final letters -- Captive -- Missing -- Confinement -- Harold -- Massachusetts -- New life -- Settling in -- North Vietnam -- Christmas '67 -- Bao Cao -- Camp K-77 -- Roommates -- Shaping up -- Rockpile -- Escape -- Peace talks -- No bracelet -- Going home -- War comes home, 1973-1980: First lie -- Reunion -- Children -- Pulling up roots -- Power of faith -- White house -- Hurting time -- Wild streak - Dreamhouse -- Broken-hearted -- Divorced -- New partners -- Tennessee -- Simple negligence -- Place in the sun -- Bridge players -- Turnaround -- No reprieve, 1981-1992: Captive once more -- Rehabilitation -- Disappeared -- Separate moves -- Murder suspect -- Tennessee trial -- Survivor -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Biographical sketches -- Illustration credits -- Index.
520			_aHe was born in New Jersey in 1933 & only dreamed of being a military man. Marrying shortly after high school, he joined the army in 1956 & was dispatched to Vietnam in 1963 when America still seemed still innocent. Jim Thompson would have led a perfectly ordinary, undistinguished life had he not been captured four months later, becoming the first American prisoner in Vietnam and, ultimately, the longest-held prisoner of war in American history. Forgotten Soldier is Thompson's epic story, a remarkable reconstruction of one man's life & a searing account that questions who is a real American hero. Examining the lives of Thompson's family on the home front, as well as his brutal treatment & five escape attempts in Vietnam, military journalist Tom Philpott weaves an extraordinary tale, showing how the American government intentionally suppressed Thompson's story. "Jim's story, as movingly portrayed in Tom Philpott's oral history, is in many ways America's own."--Senator John McCain. Thompson was captured March 1964, three months after arriving in Vietnam, and was held until 1973. Philpott, author of the weekly column Military Update, recounts his childhood, marriage, early days in the army, years as a prisoner of war, release and return, and the family and personal problems that awaited him after so long.
600	1	0	_aThompson, Floyd Jim.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _xPrisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
650		0	_aPrisoners of war _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aPrisoners of war _zVietnam _vBiography.
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