There were bullets fired, but they werent fired off of PT boats out there. I didnt have my lip mike on. I just knew I had to do something, and I had kind of a hunch that there might be some opening here. Im a player in this. Were speakingwith Admiral JamesStockdale, who was awarded the Medal of Honor after enduring years of mistreatment as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was in his 30s, and he was white collar by that time, but he went to his boss, Jim Simpson, and said, Jim, Id like to join the Navy. Jim said, Go ahead. James Stockdale was born circa 1861. I was given a lot of times in the ropes in Room 18, which is the main torture chamber of Hoe Lo prison. It was some other action. I was alone a lot, and I found ways to talk to myself and to bolster my own morale. I was all alone and I went up in the ready room and there were all, three guys, four guys, sitting there kind of you know what kind of grins they had on their face and they said, Whats going on out there? I said, Yeah, thats what I want to know. I said, I got so low I had salt water on my windshield. Aviation attracted him more than arts or athletics. We met in San Francisco and went aboard the ship. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. The officers were nasty, but they couldnt figure out what to say. This was 1943 so a lot of fighting had gone on and he was going back to be a Washington bureaucrat for a while and then back into the war. It never got above 1,000 feet even with the trajectory, and I was low and I was going right into this little town. The other men you mentioned perished under the same circumstances. When we were driving the last leg, we would stop and let her off, and she would walk, and then Id pick her up and wed drive and then stop again and so forth. They couldnt do anything and said, What do you want me to tell the commissar? I said, You tell the commissar the CAG decided not to go downtown tonight.. I was commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 51, and I had the problem at first of getting air-to-ground equipment for my planes, because some of the hotshot fighter pilots had said, We now have the plane that can outrun every other airplane in the military, so lets be sure and not put rocket rails and bomb racks on these planes, because thatll slow them down.. James Stockdale: God bless you, Jim Stockdale. In that, the only room in the building, a great big building with plate glass windows, and they had big heavy quilts that they drew across it. James Stockdale Success, Education, Failure 71 Copy quote Leadership must be based on goodwill. 23 December 1923 - 5 July 2005. War Hero. Even in the intelligence community, nobody disputes it now. Here I was, crippled. It was something really serious. The history books tell us that in the last two wars North Vietnam has fought, namely against the French and then the Americans, they have never repatriated a single prisoner with an amputated limb. They didnt know what they were talking about and thats about as far as I could take it. In 1954, Stockdale applied for Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland. El. That was the only war in town. We were stalemating ourselves. Im CAG Stockdale, USS Oriskany. They have ammunition. There was something in the air. But Mother said, Youre going to be gone for the rest of my life. So I took my friend with me who was in an A-4, and the two of us went up not to throw our bombs into the water, but to throw them into a railroad yard (at An Wa bridge). Together, the Stockdales told their story in a joint memoir, In Love and War. Admiral Stockdale and his wife lived quietly on Coronado Island, off of San Diego, until his death at age 81. Following a brief period at Monmouth College (1946), he attended the U.S. Johnson announced to the American people that we are retaliating against outrageous activities of PT boats, and in fact some of these attacks are in progress. I had 300 miles to fly and I didnt even know. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Courage under fire : testing Epictetus's doctrines in a laboratory of human behavior I James Bond Stockdale. They said, Weve got to have a code. One day a man that was near them, Larry Gorrino, was taken away, and they didnt know where he was. As soon as I could I got my head wet and lathered up, I started with that safety razor, just cutting a track down the top of my head that I judged would make it impractical for them to take me downtown. And they all backed off after that happened and then the guy with the police whistle had a pith helmet, and he gave me the motion to stand up and I couldnt get up because this leg was not where it is now but it was right out there. James Stockdale: I think it had a lot, but I never mentioned that name or stoicism, it never left my lips. I did that 15 times, and I dont think anybody had that many before. I went over and sat down across from him, and he said, What happened last night was a catastrophe. And he said, You know I sit with the generals staff. The whole country was going bananas. What was your feeling at that time about the U.S. involvement there? That was the biggest capital building assignment ever taken over by North Vietnam. She thought that was wonderful that I was making fun of that leg business. And, first of all, I started getting blue blood and I said, Where is the blue blood coming from? There was an old privy outside, and we had this signal system. And then its line and then well, rather than getting mixed up in the terminology, if I wanted to write if I wanted to say C start a letter with C I would go dom-dom-dom-dom. All that action we were involved in there had to do with the movement of the Pathet Lao who were threatening to take over the Plain of Jars, which was quite a rich farming country. Saturday 09 July 2005 00:40. He lettered in football, basketball and track, won a regional piano competition, and graduated second in his high school class. What was it about the Navy that attracted you? Vice Admiral James Stockdale, who has died at the age of 81 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease, was what his beloved Greek philosophers would have called a "great-souled man". Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Something went wrong, please try again later. James, who began his acting career on the local stage with the Bardic Theatre, is one of 18 young people from Northern Ireland who were involved in the making of 'Delicate Things', a short film supported by Cinemagic, Creative Skillset and Panavision. It wasnt long before I got orders to another ship, the Thompson. Floating right into enemy hands? Stockdale spoke about the behind-the-scenes family impact of the seven years that his father, the late Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale, spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. They always start out the same. I think he looked through a peephole and saw me in that pool of blood in front of my chair. The torture of American prisoners ended, and treatment of all American POWs improved. Johnson. James Bond Stockdale (23 thng 12, 1923 - 5 thang 7, 2005) tng l phi cng v Ph c Hi qun Hoa K c trao tng Hun chng Danh d trong Chin tranh Vit Nam, ng b bt lm t binh v giam gi trong by nm. TV Actor. As . He sat down and he said, Stockdale, do you want a cup of coffee? I said, Yes. I dont think I had leg irons on. Michael James Stockdale James Eugene Stockdale View details Phone Numbers (614) nay - peek (740) nay - peek + 7 more AGE 40s James Stockdale Cincinnati, OH (Evanston) Phone Number Background Report Addresses Huron Ave, Cincinnati, OH Chalfonte Pl, Cincinnati, OH Bell Ct, Covington, KY Relatives Alicia C Stockdale Latosha Staley James B. Stockdale 12 books42 followers American and United States Navy vice admiral. Do we cut off their heads or do we You never knew what was going to happen. To get the latest Co Tyrone news straight to your inbox, sign up to our free newsletter. That was the real tape. I went unconscious. He and my mother got married in 1919. Ill go ahead of them and bomb and shoot the gunner, see. We got out and everything worked. Anyway, they caused a lot of damage and they really raised hell with these army rifles at night. We got out there and this guy took a cat shot, took off from the starboard catapult, and all his lights went out going down the track. 32 pages, Paperback. He was President of the Naval War College from October 1977 until he retired from the Navy in 1979. I graduated six months later and went to a test unit called Service Test. A selfie from James on the set of Derry Girls. For prisoners, it supplied the same code for everybody. James Stockdale appearing as Tomas on Derry Girls. That would have illuminated a stadium! Why was it like that? They said, They werent in a central government. And then now everything is out. And who knows whats going to happen? You could tell he never didnt speak anything. He was best known for his role as Admiral Al Calavicci on the popular sci-fi show Quantum Leap between 1989 and 1993. What happened next? Could you share your recollections of that town? Being kind of well, it does have kind of a flair if somebody thinks youve got a monocle or something. I fashioned my personality after his. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Thats the only reason to fly, is to fight. James Stockdale: We had some smart guys that were shot down ahead of me. The paraphernalia and personnel surrounding them are part of a feature film being shot on one of the most beautiful stretches of coast in the. And then the next morning, when I was taken over to the other place to get the torture started for that day there was a couple of other people weeping. I watched all the seasons to date and then the new one as well and I just really enjoy the comedy in it as well as learning about the history and the time period its set in. Stockdale led aerial attacks from the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident. I could fly over South Vietnam the year before and see all the little skirmishes going on, including sometimes American soldiers and marines, and flying American airplanes, but they were really noncombatants. I could see all of this thing. We were still in Hoa Lo prison before we were exiled and there were a lot of cell blocks. You go 50 or 100 miles on and theres another one going on. Its like a shallow lake in the middle of a bunch of rocks in the middle of the ocean or close to shore. Stockdale wound up in Hoa Lo Prison the infamous Hanoi Hilton where he spent the next seven years under unimaginably brutal conditions. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. But we were not in alignment there as well as we were in some of the other places, so you can do the same thing with your hand under the door. He was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the Navy, with 26 personal combat decorations, including four Silver Star medals in addition to the Medal of Honor. ", US President Joe Biden set to visit Northern Ireland next month, The trip is expected to take place towards the end of April, Met Office confirm snow is expected in NI, Cold air is set to move in across the region. Stockdale was born Dec. 23, 1923, in Abingdon, Illinois. Its fossil fuel. After several years they established an amnesty program which was in cahoots with the American left wing. He was the son of Vernon Beard and Mabel Edith (Bond) Stockdale. Nothing else. He said, Arent you going to have any defensive weapons? And I said, No, therell be no action out there against us today except the flack. I could have said, Hell, no. We will put you back in that little place where the doctor will attend you until all traces of bandage and scars as best we can arrange it are gone. Well, I was out there from September to almost Christmas and then I went back. I almost laughed. I flew all kinds of airplanes because every six months a class passed on and there were only about five guys that were teaching. None of them got medical training there [in Vietnam]. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment from his native state . Or if he just says one hit, Danger. I put in for destroyers, and I was joined by my best friend in the Naval Academy, Bill Crowe. They both had prisoner experiences in survival schools and all. During his captivity he spent more than four years in solitary confinement and . I got it and we moved up there. It was the quarterback sack of the century. They tore off his clothes and beat him mercilessly. I had no evidence that there were any PT boats there and I made that clear. He won. James Stockdale: Yeah, I think more than anybody else. Throughout Stockdales captivity, his wife Sybil campaigned for respectful treatment for the families of all POWs by founding the League of Families. James Stockdale was released and returned to the U.S. in 1973 during Operation Homecoming. When he was beating me up, he was being heard by about 200 Americans who were living in cells three deep all around that area, and it was dark. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. James Stockdale: Yes. He took me back into this room and boy, those two officers, they said, How dare you? When this fellow came in with the Maddox, the North Vietnamese were really griped at him. I made him so proud that I just couldnt let him down. Those were eight big tanks. James Stockdale: I was just looking at a quotation in a book about hardship: Men can stand anything, if they just will not give up. I think thats one good way to define a man or a person. The engine is shot up, the hydraulics are gone, and Ive just got to get out of the airplane and I did. James Bond Stockdale was born and raised in Abingdon, Illinois. The former prisoner of war, arguably one of the best-known residents of the infamous Hanoi Hilton (Hoa Lo Prison), died at age 81 in July 2005 on Coronado Island, Calif., after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. You can die or you can submit. I got my wings in 50 and then I got four years of many kinds of small ships and it was 54. America and Jim Stockdale were at war. Its in all the books. That was reflected in the Congressional Medal of Honor, wasnt it? In a 2002 interview, Stockdale said he followed in the footsteps of his uncle, a World War I pilot. Well, then he ran and he got the turnkey and they came in and they got me out and they told me to put my hands up this is the typical prison shakedown position. . I think were going to have to satisfy ourselves with just getting it under you enough that you can walk with crutches. And, he effectively did that. Some of them were A-1s, which had to figure themselves out. He and my mother were kind of at odds about my future. Straight it was a town that I could imagine being very similar to the places I saw in Illinois, a town of about 800 people with one thoroughfare and thats it. Then I was lugged through the underbrush in kind of a seated position with guys on either side of me. James added he was as surprised as anyone to get the call about making an appearance in the series. Having just finished his second year of a law degree this. I thought that was kind of a good omen, listening to him. It was about mid-afternoon and they said, Okay, youve done okay, today. They talk about the target and they give their name and what their position is. That meant we were going downtown that night. We read that during a torture session you went through, you heard the message tapped out: God bless you, James Stockdale.. James Stockdale: Oh, yeah. And I said, You speak like youve been to college. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. He is one of the most decorated Navy officers who had been awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War where he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. So everybody around the Washington powerhouse tables said, Well, looks like weve got a good option here. James, who has starred in productions by the Donaghmore-based Bardic Theatre, was selected from thousands of hopeful young actors to appear in A Christmas Star which will be produced for the Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. And so I said, Ive got to change the status quo, and with that I got off from my traveling irons and went over and shut off the light, pulled back these blankets, and exposing the plate glass window, using the palm of my hand, which was relatively free I had enough freedom there, to get the long shards, pull the curtains back, turn on the light, get back in my chair and sit down and just start going like this. James has spent 25 years in the field of assessment and in a range of industries including automotive retail, banking and retail. And then they didnt let me lie down. There were probably about 15 airplanes that were going out to shoot rockets at a towed spar that the ship would be towing. Line, top line, third letter over. Admiral Stockdale and his wife lived quietly on Coronado Island, off of San Diego, until his death at age 81. Mental torture was incessant. Though his captors held his body prisoner, their relentless attempts to break his spirit never succeeded. I never went downtown. Ive been back. Stockdale literally gambled with his life, and won. Your blood is not circulating. And then he would push, he would bend you double and stand on your back and he would pull from this angle, giving him better leverage, and then he would findyou know, its about over when you feel the heel of his foot in yourback of your head and he put your nose right on the cement and there you are. The Stockdale Paradox is a concept that was popularized by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great. He had lost his generator. Show Caption James B. 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His policies focused on opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA . James Stockdale in Florida We found 8 records for James Stockdale in Ocala, Jacksonville and 5 other cities in Florida. They tried to get me to go downtown. Browse James Stockdale Latest/ Upcoming Movies/ Films, Biography, IMDB profile. I can help you with that but youre going to have to teach me to fly jets. And he said, Its a deal. It was a very good friendship and we started making permanent friends. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. After that, everything went like clockwork and I got the paperwork to go to Annapolis. Hes all alone, and hes got certain procedures that he alone has invented to live in that predicament and he just doesnt want to get into your skin. So I think if I had started using the word Epictetus or stoicism it would have been bad for the camp because you cant explain it through the wall. Weve got to get some red blood. And so I said, I dont I said to myself, Is this right? In 2009, the U.S. Navy honored him by naming a new missile destroyer in his honor, the USS Stockdale. James Stockdale - Bio, Age, Wiki, Facts and Family Advertisement. James, who has starred in productions by the Donaghmore-based Bardic Theatre, was selected from thousands of hopeful young actors to appear in 'A Christmas Star' which will be produced for the Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". It was 64. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. So if you had cells next to each other, you did this on the wall? I was 19 years old by that time. War Hero. His jailers increased the level of torture, so Stockdale determined to fight back in the only way he could. Its all illegal, but I knew on a destroyer those black shoes get itchy if they see planes flying by with lights on them. I starred in a short film called Heres Looking at You, Kid in 2018 and the director for that was Michael Lennox who also directs Derry Girls, he said. It does not store any personal data. The next morning, he was ordered to lead a raid on North Vietnamese oil refineries. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, from which he graduated with the class of 1947 (which actually graduated in 1946 due to the abbreviated schedule still in effect from World War II). As a quadrennial curtain raiser for the vice presidential debate, I've started a small tradition of paying tribute to Adm. James Stockdale . James Stockdale: Its just two paragraphs. Stockdale, 1995, p. 189. You cant stop everything is in motion. We were a good freshman football team. He was appointed to the Naval Academy in the middle of World War II. He came back to the peephole and I ducked down, just showing him my behind, which is all he could see because I was stooped over. He amassed more than a thousand hours in the F-8U Crusader, then the Navys hottest fighter. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Of course, he obeys the captain [of the ship], but everything with wings on it belongs to him. Look at your calendar. I had about five within one real short period. It was the CIC officer and he said, We just got a message that indicates that theres going to be some PT boats attacking the Maddox and the Joy tonight in an area just south of here and Im going to send your pilots. I said, Wait a minute. I quit listening and I tore off my hat and I got in my torso harness, ran up to the ladder because Id been out there shooting at those boats two days before and I had to get in that seat, but already the plane on the starboard side had already turned up and was moving up the deck. We were in the parlor car and I was sitting there listening to a three-star Admiral telling about his adventures up to that point. Although this is his first film role, James is no stranger to the stage, having starred in are the Bardic Theatres productions of Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Wicked, Grease and Hairspray, as well as the hugely successful From Bardic to Broadway, which is currently in rehearsals for a sequel to be staged early next year. John Glenn was in the class and we became friends immediately, and I hadnt flown jets yet. Pretty soon the destroyers opened up gun fire. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. They were A-4s and F-8s. You want to get way down, right on the waters edge, go right up next to them and just give them 40 millimeter machine gun bullets and cut the whole thing up the side. The plan at the minute is probably to go into Law but if the acting were to pick up I probably would just do that full-time. More December 23 . When his story was told on his release in 1973, the story of his courage and endurance became an inspiration to Americans everywhere. This isnt as important as it used to be, but Dad knew the congressman in our district and had negotiated a year when there would be an appointment vacancy. They didnt steer. Most Popular Boost Birthday December 23, 1923 (age 82) Birthplace Illinois, United States. And she would from me. It was secret and stayed secret. James Stockdale: I thought I owed it to them. I guess you can say its just dumb luck, but you never know. And then later when some books came out we know we had over a dozen, because these were guys that were put in those ropes even before they got into the prison. I was always trying to get into a sideline of aviation. James Stockdale: Yes, and Ill tell you how that came about. They didnt speak any English, of course. August 5th, 1964, and I was the guy that did it. A thundering herd was coming down on me. And the way it was done was to get a long iron bar and shackle your legs to it, and then the man on the back would start weaving ropes through your arms to bend them backwards. This is Pearl Harbor because were going to attack a country thats not waiting for it. I didnt say any of that and its just as well. But at that time the commissar was rather youthful and rather glib and he spoke good English. We didnt realize how dangerous it was to get shot down over Laos. James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 - July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and one of the most-highly decorated officers in the history of the U.S. Navy. James Stockdale: I just thought that that was the best thing that could happen to me, that I would be a hero in Vietnam. Bob Shoemaker was one of them and Smitty Harris was another one. James Stockdale. So they said,Weve got to get a code going. So what it came down to was a five-by-five matrix. This was an easy day. A Christian musician whose family appeared on Wife Swap allegedly made two attempts to escape from mental hospital ahead of his trial over the murder of his mother and brother.