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James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 – July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator who was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam.
Jul 5, 2005 · We’re speaking with Admiral James Stockdale, who was awarded the Medal of Honor after enduring years of mistreatment as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. We know that you were tortured. Were you tortured a lot? James Stockdale: Yeah, I think more than anybody else. About halfway through the first months, the camp reorganized itself.
Mar 10, 2017 · Published March 10, 2017. In September 1969, then-Capt. James B. Stockdale had just been caught in his third attempt to organize his fellow prisoners of war in resistance against their Viet...
Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale. The following biography is excerpted, with revisions from what was, at the time, the Official Site for Admiral James Stockdale. We retain it, because of that sanction, while making some key changes.
Mar 2, 2020 · Navy Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale spent nearly eight years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam where he became a symbol of resistance, providing leadership, inspiration and hope to his fellow...
James Bond Stockdale. DATE OF BIRTH: December 23, 1923. PLACE OF BIRTH: Abingdon, Illinois. HOME OF RECORD: Abingdon, Illinois. James Stockdale graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at...
Retired Vice Admiral James Stockdale, a Hoover Institution fellow from 1981 to 1996, Ross Perot's 1992 presidential running mate, and a recipient of the Medal of Honor after enduring seven and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, died Tuesday, July 5, at his home in Coronado,...
When his A-4 Skyhawk was shot down over North Vietnam on September 9, 1965, James Stockdale ejected and parachuted to the ground. The North Vietnamese whisked him to Hoa Lo Prison, known as the Hanoi Hilton, where he was kept in isolation for six months.
Mar 24, 2017 · Profile. Admiral Stockdale was born on December 23, 1923 in Abingon, Illinois. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1946, he attended flight training in Pensacola, FL and in 1954 was accepted to the Navy Test Pilot School where he served as an instructor for a brief time.
Recognized by his captors as the leader in the prisoners' of war resistance to interrogation and in their refusal to participate in propaganda exploitation, Rear Adm. Stockdale was singled out for interrogation and attendant torture after he was detected in a covert communications attempt.
