Tortured routinely and denied medical attention for the severely damaged leg he suffered during capture, Stockdale created and enforced a code of conduct for all prisoners which governed torture, secret communications, and behavior. Then we flew right here to the airport at the Navy base. I wouldnt have missed it, but I dont argue about the Vietnam War legitimacy or anything like that. They were going to defend the honor of their town. His courage was an inspiration to his fellow POWs, with whom he communicated in an ingenious code, maintaining unit cohesion and morale. Floating right into enemy hands? I was groggy and I really had to be slapped awake, but the room filled up with soldiers and the doctor and some officers and a lot of guards. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. In some cases, they were skippered by Norwegian merchant seamen. We called it Alcatraz, ALCZ was the abbreviation. Last year was its first time in London, and there is now a Cinemagic festival in Castres, in southern France. But he said, You will not stay here. I asked people, What was it like? So reads the Medal of Honor citation for James Bond Stockdale. Thank you for your time and for everything youve done. During his twelve-year tenure at the Hoover Institution, Stockdale wrote and lectured extensively. But, with less than perfect timing, just days after the film wrapped, BBC Northern Ireland was reporting that some of the regions best-known film organisations were facing funding cuts of up to 50 per cent. In 1992 he graciously agreed to a request from his old friend H. Ross Perot to stand with Perot as the vice-presidential candidate of the Reform Party. Then came Downton and the challenging role that has put him on a whole new footing. Mental torture was incessant. Thats why Im named Jim, because he made my dads life full. I opened. Tortured 15 times, he was forced to wear vise-like heavy leg irons for two years, and spent four of the seven years in solitary confinement, in total darkness. That was reflected in the Congressional Medal of Honor, wasnt it? The captain sent me down here to let you know that he is going to give you a phone call in about ten minutes and hes got a lot of news for you. So, I sat there and the phone rang and Hutch, who I loved hes dead now but he said, Jim, Ive got targets all over North Vietnam that are going to have to attack tomorrow. James Stockdale, seated, with production crew and fellow actors from Delicate Things, a new short film. Dad had heard that the eye exams were very stiff there, so I remember him making carrot juice for me to drink. [13] During the course of his captivity, due to torture, his leg was broken twice. You would see lines of firing men firing at each other. Lets go to September 9, 1965, when you were shot down over North Vietnam. Stockdale's flying career took him west, and in 1962 he earned a . Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. I said, Maybe Im the problem, because there had been people who were killed in the ropes. And then I just said, I do know one thing. There were bullets fired, but they werent fired off of PT boats out there. While decided with the publics safety in mind, such a policy wont sit well with children or animal rights activists who might reasonably point out that none of these creatures asked to be held captive in Northern Ireland in the first place. Stockdale disliked the glare of publicity and partisan politics, but throughout the campaign he comported himself with the same integrity and dignity that marked his entire career. James Stockdale: Oh, yeah. I guess you can say its just dumb luck, but you never know. I was just delighted whenever I got the call to say I was going to be in the show. 6) ISBN -8179-3692- 1. I graduated six months later and went to a test unit called Service Test. 20-year-old James Stockdale from Dungannon appeared as Jenny Joyces friend Tomas in the last episode of the hit series on Tuesday. You were raised in a very small town in Illinois. So it was the first time it ever was written into law that the war went on behind bars, there were no exemptions. It wasnt long before I got orders to another ship, the Thompson. So if you had cells next to each other, you did this on the wall? Two of my cousins had gone there. James Stockdale: A lot happened before that, it wasnt just happenstance. [1][2] Following a brief period at Monmouth College, he entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in June 1943. 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. Youve got to go dum-da-da-dum-dum, made an American sound, and when the guy says dum-dum that means go. I didnt feel like I had more vitality than the next one. James Stockdale was a sophomore business management major who took classes at both the Tuscarawas and Stark campuses of Kent State University. Throughout his captivity, Stockdales steadfast refusal to cooperate with the enemy kept alive the spirit of resistance in his fellow POWs. I had to go to meetings and I told the A-1 skipper, Do your navigation and get airborne, and you can just orbit the ship until the time you kilo yourself. Kilo means, Im headed for the target. Thats a kilo signal. His first on-screen role was as New Boyfriend in Whitney Woerz: Little Bit More in 2016. "[9], The next morning, on August 5, 1964, President Johnson ordered bombing raids on North Vietnamese military targets which he announced were retaliation for the alleged incident of August 4. Jim Stockdale (James Bond Stockdale) was born on 23 December, 1923 in Abingdon, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Writer, Stunts. I dont know, because I didnt have it up there well enough. That was the real tape. We can declare war now because theyve violated common international law. And then next morning LBJ had a meeting in his office and he said, Gentlemen, Ive been thinking this over and I think that Im not going to execute the Tonkin Gulf Resolution at this time because this could have been the result of a hare-brained local area commander. And then people hed also talked to, and even out of the newspapers I got this he said, You know, Im running for President for a second term against Barry Goldwater and if I do something that seems rash to the Americans they will say, What the hell is the difference between Barry Goldwater and L.B. Last Name Stockdale #8. B means do not bow in public. According to People, when police arrived at the scene, they discovered the bodies of 54-year-old Kathryn Stockdale and 21-year-old James Stockdale. It was some other action. 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About halfway through the first months, the camp reorganized itself. The course was designed by Stockdale and Professor Joseph Brennan, who continued to teach it after Stockdale retired from the Navy. Stockdaledeliberately inflicted a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate. And he came alive. Cinemagic would have to dramatically reduce the scope and scale of its work. Jim Stockdale was born on 23 December 1923 in Abingdon, Illinois, USA. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. [4] He was a test pilot until January 1957. And then the fourth night he had a truck ready to take me to the hospital. With big brown eyes and a wild mop of hair, Game of Thrones actor Parkinson makes for a suitably Dickensian lead, while his cohorts Emily Flain as a scruffy classmate and Ian OReilly as Pete, a belligerent ex-rival who proves to be something of a softie when treated with respect would be right at home in a Nickelodeon TV movie. There were some features of the code that got in my hair. 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. If any man was in the room it would usually be a steward who would probably be a black man who was waking me for some reason. Stockdale wound up in Hoa Lo Prison the infamous Hanoi Hilton where he spent the next seven years under unimaginably brutal conditions. Weve been working for two years to set this up and now that its time to pull the handle and you lose your guts.. We blew the oil storage tanks of them off the map. Admiral Stockdale and his wife lived quietly on Coronado Island, off of San Diego, until his death at age 81. You could tell he never didnt speak anything. Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice. James Stockdale: It was in 67. cm. Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' 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The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". He completed his career by serving as the president of the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, from October 13, 1977, until August 22, 1979.[24]. Profile. Anyway, that was a very good cruise. James Stockdale: I thought it was magnificent. Others started drawing them and I was the breakout guy because there were some hard heads that said what I said about speed. Stockdale retired to Coronado, California, as he slowly succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Even when hes on the Oscar trail he doesnt forget Dublin, I was violent and angry. You hardly ever hear thunder at sea but we were in a thunderstorm part of the time. The American newshounds thought it would be in the spirit of better news for them, and for morale in the fighting forces, when anybody had had a great event say the wing commander theyd have plain language interviews. They could make about 45 knots. Theyre not going to fly a MIG down here over South Vietnam, and its just foolish because they dont have enough planes to do what you do if you wanted to get involved in one of these hassles. You could see three wars going on at almost any time below you. I had about five within one real short period. [5] After fighting a running gun and torpedo battle, in which Maddox fired over 280 5-inch (130mm) shells, and the torpedo boats expended their 6 torpedoes (all misses) and hundreds of rounds of 14.5mm machine gun fire; the combatants broke contact. Theyd put it in here, they squeeze it down and youre unconscious for six or eight hours, no matter what. Now thats the kind of stuff you have to work with all the time, but even with all that, I could hear boom, boom, boom, boom. Stockdale preferred the life of a fighter pilot over academia, but he later credited Stoic philosophy with helping him cope as a prisoner of war. Academically, he ranked 130th among 821 graduates in his class. I was then called back to the test pilot school to be an instructor. I lettered in three sports football, basketball and track every year. I mean, it was over here, wherever that leg went, and pus and blood went in this pan, and then he went away, and then he came back three nights in a row. And the prisoners knew it was me because of my limp. I was glad to go and I said to Hutch Cooper, whos the captain as I walked by said, Hutch, I really want to go and I think I know whats going on tonight. He said, Go ahead, Jim, and that was it, and that was against violation of everything. We waited til the last moment. Everything was caution. I didnt think he could have thought of a better thing to do. Of course, he obeys the captain [of the ship], but everything with wings on it belongs to him. Dad didnt go to college, but he had lots of smarts and was a very well-liked guy and was soon the vice president of the pottery. Leading lady Erin Galway-Kendrick on location at Rockport School in Holywood. That was the biggest capital building assignment ever taken over by North Vietnam. Pump em up, you know? About two in the night somebody screamed Eow, and I think that was the suicide watch. Read Next: How Oscar Nominees Found the Key to Projects Close to Their Directors Hearts, Ttem Review: Secrets Are Made and Truths Revealed at an Unforgettable Family Gathering, Luther: The Fallen Sun Review: Idris Elba Breaks out of Prison but Cant Escape a Corny Script in Feature Spinoff, Suzume Review: A Teenager Does Battle With Giant Worms in Makoto Shinkais Feel-Good Disaster Movie, Woody Harrelson Slams COVID Set Protocols as 'Nonsense,' Urges Hollywood to 'Stop' Forcing 'Vaccination': Thats 'Not a Free Country', Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Writer Surprised by Terrible Reviews: I Was in a Low Spot and Really Sad About It, Super Mario Bros. 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Stockdale led aerial attacks from the carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident. I remember one man said, They own the world at night. There wasnt any motion going in our activities. As soon as that was over, I had got wind that I was going to get orders to leave the Ticonderoga to become the CAG of the USS Oriskany. U-S might be seen as United States but what it really means is Unity over Self. That was the first order. We were descending, and we saw three PT boats with a torpedo under each wing. James Stockdale: No, I wouldnt say it that way. So I had a good year there. James Stockdale: I think it had a lot, but I never mentioned that name or stoicism, it never left my lips. Now I made it very clear, if you go, youre in trouble legally because youve violated the Code of Conduct. He sneaked up under the door, and it was kind of a complicated thing but he said, What are you doing? I said, Im reading these letters my wife sent me, which was authorized. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' James Stockdale is a member of War Hero Does James Stockdale Dead or Alive? 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. I remember soldiers in the streets and checkpoints along the roads. He pledges to breathe new life into the village, but secretly his plan is to demolish many of the picturesque buildings and build a casino. That started the Vietnam War. Admiral, how did you survive psychologically? The Johnson Administration invoked these occurrences to justify a massive American military response. Now theres only two ways to go. 1996 - 2023 American AcademyofAchievement. Suranne Jones with young actors Josh Smyth, James Stockdale and Sean Ronan. This was news that never got out. I had a hunch that this was a mix-up, because it was an intercepted message and could be misinterpreted as to what they would do. James Stockdale is known for Here's Looking at You, Kid (2018), Derry Girls (2018) and Zoo (2017). Not for the reason because I could fly the crusader blindfolded backwards, but I told the skipper, Chuck Loudon, that his exec and he and the whole VMF-212 had done a brilliant job bringing this new weapon into being, and for this last flight before we go into Hong Kong I want you to take all your F-8s we planned on using just about one squadron of them and Im not going to be in an F-8. Together with the core cast and the trainee crew members we brought in 50 young extras as well as the huge crowd outside Belfast City Hall. Heroic Prisoner of War in North Vietnam Date of Birth December 23, 1923 Date of Death July 5, 2005 James Bond Stockdale was born and raised in Abingdon, Illinois. Could you share your recollections of that town? The clouds were getting lower and it was ominous. Stockdale literally gambled with his life, and won. Hed read some American pamphlets or something and was too ambitious on the first one. He led aerial attacks from the carrier USSTiconderoga(CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. I just try to keep on top of everything, setting a certain amount of time aside to do school work and then with rehearsals you need to set that time aside to do what you really enjoy., Read more: Irelands most capped athlete Shirley McCay on hanging up her hockey stick, Read more: Co Tyrone woman opens up about diabetes diagnosis at the age of 21. As the recalls started to come through, it became very nerve-racking.". Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. Here I was, crippled. The film, which includes other young cast members from across Ireland, tells the heart-warming story of a spirited young girl who charms an entire village. I was called to go down below and they had a message for me from the commander of Seventh Fleet, and it was to take the squadron at noon tomorrow to the USS Constellation, and the Kitty Hawk would also be there. Admiral, Ive read that when you were coming down you had a sense that you were going to be down for at least five years? War Hero. They have a sense of propriety against intruding in other peoples private parts. Hed stop and joke. And so a voice said and I was careless on this. [citation needed], Stockdale was one of eleven U.S. military prisoners known as the "Alcatraz Gang": George Thomas Coker, USN; George G. McKnight, USAF; Jeremiah Denton, USN (who had graduated with Stockdale from the Naval Academy); Harry Jenkins, USN; Sam Johnson, USAF; James Mulligan, USN; Howard Rutledge, USN; Robert Shumaker, USN (originator of the name "Hanoi Hilton"); Ronald Storz, USAF (died in captivity); and Nels Tanner, USN. So sometimes when you submitted you gave them information, but it was never what they wanted, was it? [14], Early in Stockdale's captivity, his wife, Sybil Stockdale, organized The League of American Families of POWs and MIAs, with other wives of servicemen who were in similar circumstances. James Stockdale: The next night, Monday night, I had gone up to see the two destroyers. As far as I know thats true. When this fellow came in with the Maddox, the North Vietnamese were really griped at him. 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. One, nobody had ever been in the ropes since I cut my wrists, and secondly, the commissar had been discharged. Admiral, did your captors know immediately that you were the commanding officer? Through it all, Stockdales captors held out the promise of better treatment if he would only admit that the United States was engaging in criminal behavior against the Vietnamese people, but Stockdale refused. 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. If news or social media make you feel worse, take a break. How about going to Monmouth College, which is about 25 miles away? and I did. [35], In 1976, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. 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. 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(James Stockdale, 1992) With businessman Ross Perot capturing attention as an independent candidate in the 1992 election, his running mate, retired Navy admiral James Stockdale, won a seat at the vice presidential debate. A plane piloted by Commander James Stockdale joined the action, flying at low altitude to see the enemy ships. After serving as the president of the Naval War College, Stockdale retired from the Navy in 1978 and embarked on a distinguished academic career, including a term as president of the Citadel, and 15 years as a senior research fellow at Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution. They would go on regular runs, leaving at dusk out of Da Nang. What do you tell young people today who ask you about the Vietnam War? I came back to the carrier and landed. In a 1994 HBO comedy special, Dennis Miller gave an impassioned defense of Stockdale's debate performance:[31]. You can die or you can submit. 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