James Stockdale
James Stockdale
James Bond Stockdalewas an American and United States Navy vice admiral. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War where he was a prisoner of war for over seven years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth23 December 1923
CountryUnited States of America
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It just - the whole thing reminded me of a May pole dance. I was standing there trying to figure out how I could get my oar in and never really did.
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I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders.
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And so, I mean, he declared war right there and then in so many words and Alex says later in the book, nobody in the White House from that point on had any doubt that we were going to bomb the mainland of Asia.