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John Thomas Downey or Jack Downey (April 19, 1930 – November 17, 2014) was an American judge and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer. [1] As a CIA operative, he was shot down over China during the Korean War and was held prisoner for over twenty years—the longest-held prisoner of war in United States history.
Nov 19, 2014 · The incredible story of former CIA agent John T. Downey, the longest held American captive of war. By Andrew Burt. Nov 19, 201410:35 AM. John T. Downey, center, walks into Hong Kong...
On March 12, 1973, CIA officer John Downey walked across the Lo-Wu Bridge from the People’s Republic of China into the then-British Crown colony of Hong Kong. He was a free man after more than two decades of imprisonment.
Oct 12, 2019 · A 67-year-old man has been remanded in custody, charged with the murders of two UDR soldiers, after being extradited from the Republic of Ireland. John Downey appeared before Omagh Magistrates...
Nov 19, 2014 · John Downey joined the CIA after college and was captured and held prisoner in Communist China for more than 20 years on espionage charges one of the most harrowing chapters of the Cold War for...
Nov 20, 2014 · John T. Downey, a former C.I.A. agent who became the longest-serving American prisoner of war by surviving more than 20 years in Chinese prisons after he was shot down over Manchuria in...
Nov 17, 2014 · HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — John T. Downey, a former CIA agent who survived more than 20 years in Chinese prisons during the Cold War before becoming a Connecticut judge, died Monday.
