We blew those tanks off the wall. Im going to be back leading six A-4s in flak suppression. There were probably about 15 airplanes that were going out to shoot rockets at a towed spar that the ship would be towing. ", when responding to a request for an opening statement from debate moderator, Hal Bruno, the political director of ABC News. In 1959, the U.S. Navy sent Stockdale to Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations in 1962. 6) ISBN -8179-3692- 1. I had a feeling that ever since Id started this self-defacement they had a suicide watch on me. I had an F-8 Marine squadron and an F-8 Navy squadron, and the exec of the Marine Corps, Major Ed Ruddy, came up to me one day and he said, You know, were doing all this bombing of the An Wa bridge and were losing aviators right and left. He said what I knew. Now you want to get washed up. I knew what that meant. Rear Adm. Stockdale's valiant leadership and extraordinary courage in a hostile environment sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. He lived in Oklahoma and I lived in Illinois. We pretty well can stand anything. He teaches philosophy at Stanford University, he's a brilliant, sensitive, courageous man. They told me, We think theyre going to put you in the mint pretty soon. And that was kind of the end of the line. The chapter is devoted to the analysis of ancient Stoic philosophy as a source of resilience for soldiers. So I was alone, and then there were two A-4s behind me, and later in the night some more planes came down there. The guards took my clothes out and washed them. Throughout his captivity, Stockdales steadfast refusal to cooperate with the enemy kept alive the spirit of resistance in his fellow POWs. He was right. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And I said, Old Ho Chi Minh probably died last night. Id been unsuccessfully accosted to give them information. So I went down, went to bed just happy as a clam and went to sleep and the next thing I know Ive got a man in the room. And he said, This country is in mourning. She thought that was wonderful that I was making fun of that leg business. Pete brings Mickey along on the elephant-liberating heist, providing a gentle lesson (for the characters and young audiences alike) in overcoming prejudice while supplying a note of unpredictability to the otherwise overly safe narrative. . So you walked in, and you went between these beds, and then you saw the spigot and pretty soon the water started coming out, and you were to take your clothes off, and he handed you the soap and the razor and slammed the door because he had other errands to do. There were some features of the code that got in my hair. Pretty soon the destroyers opened up gun fire. "He's one of the more complex characters, struggling with his sexuality at a time when being gay was against the law. This is kind of a long story but heres the way that was handled by L.B. Stockdale suffered a broken leg and paralyzed arm before a military policeman took him into custody. In all that makes a total of around 14,000, with everyone playing their part in a project which has captured the hearts of so many people., The world premiere of A Christmas Star will be on November 4th, 2015, in Belfast. It was the Maddox, a single ship that was going up the coast. Ive always been a fan of the show and being from Northern Ireland myself I have an enormous attachment to the show.". But the role of Pat's son Junior, who was raised in the US, could have been written for him. I said, God, its black as hell and he wont even be able to see his instrument panel. They had to land him because he just had this little electricity that was giving him light and there are a lot of switches youve got to have to get your bombs where you want them. You dont want big rockets from altitude going after them. 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. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the endwhich you can never afford to losewith the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. And I looked down there and he was, so help me, weeping, and not out of sympathy for me Im sure, but I marked that down in my book. Biography Mini Bio (1) James Stockdale is known for Here's Looking at You, Kid (2018), Derry Girls (2018) and Zoo (2017). They have a sense of propriety against intruding in other peoples private parts. There was something in the air. His courage was an inspiration to his fellow POWs, with whom he communicated in an ingenious code, maintaining unit cohesion and morale. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Add to list Photos 10 Known for Here's Looking at You, Kid 8.4 Short Hubert 2018 Derry Girls 8.5 TV Series Tomas 2022 1 ep Zoo 6.5 Mickey 2017 A Christmas Star 5.1 Spud-Bob 2015 Credits Edit Actor5 I said, Listen, if we come over here, were supposed to be up here looking for MIGs. I was in leg irons in a bath stall and I had been in there for several days and that night a guard came in, unlocked the leg irons, grabbed my arm, took me around the corner into an open area and beat the hell out of me. We called it Alcatraz, ALCZ was the abbreviation. There he tutored the U.S. Marine Corps aviator John Glenn in mathematics and physics. They lugged me out to a literally lugged because they didnt have a stretcher or anything I was in the grass and Id passed out. Admiral, how did you survive psychologically? But Mother said, Youre going to be gone for the rest of my life. They were cleaning the room. James C. Collins related a conversation he had with James Stockdale regarding his coping strategy during his period in the Vietnamese POW camp. In his words, I flew so low there was salt spray on the windshield, and I still didnt see a thing! But the die was cast. And then he came in and grabbed me, grabbed my arm and he knew he was in trouble, too. Zoo (2017) James Stockdale as Mickey. After we had been out there just a few minutes and maybe made two runs a piece, I got the word to shift to strike control. As they walked me over to the other side of the camp and put me in a little privy-like place Id never seen before thats just full of cobwebs it would only accommodate one man and I think they were just doing something to get me out of that camp so that I knew Id go in Room 18 the next morning. He had no formal preparation for the debate, unlike his opponents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, and did not discuss any political issues with Perot beforehand.[28]. He led aerial attacks from the carrier USSTiconderoga(CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. Drawing strength from principles of stoic philosophy, Stockdale heroically resisted. Apart from the works written by Stockdale himself, the following work refers extensively to Stockdale's involvement in the Tonkin Gulf: The following book is based on the series of lectures delivered for the course in moral philosophy established at the Naval War College by Admiral Stockdale in 1978, when Stockdale was president of the college. Pump em up, you know? Something went wrong, please try again later. Every time you take a shot in the Vietnam hospital theyd bring out a big, long needle. There was blood running down my shoulders and there were secretaries in the courtyard that we went by and they were looking. TV Actor. They could make about 45 knots. Wed come in low and put a snake-eye fixture on a snake eye bomb. It was something really serious. Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' 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. AllRightsReserved. Things had happened. And they would cajole Americans into going downtown. I had been on the ship when we would have unofficial exchange programs between the A-4 pilots and the army people on the ground. The scene-stealer here is James Stockdale, who plays Petes brother Mickey, a not-quite-three-foot teen with an unspecified disability and preternatural charm (he gets all the films best lines), hidden from public view at a time when families were ashamed of special-needs children. It never got above 1,000 feet even with the trajectory, and I was low and I was going right into this little town. I did that 15 times, and I dont think anybody had that many before. She is the only wife of an active-duty officer ever to be so honored. U-S might be seen as United States but what it really means is Unity over Self. That was the first order. You could tell he never didnt speak anything. 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. I guess you can say its just dumb luck, but you never know. One, nobody had ever been in the ropes since I cut my wrists, and secondly, the commissar had been discharged. I passed out in a pool of blood. Wed made a number of very successful short films, and I thought, Why not take it to the next stage? she says. Thats the kind of eccentric animal hoarder Wilton plays here: As if tending a personal zoo from her home, Austin keeps rabbits in her kitchen and hedgehogs in the side table, while feed and fecal matter spill from every conceivable corner of her overstuffed menagerie. Thats what I wanted. It also serves as kind of a ceremonial chamber when no prisoners are in there. I was always trying to get into a sideline of aviation. Well get a hat and well take you down to the press conference with a hat on. So as soon as they locked the door, I looked around for something else to do damage to myself with, and I saw the old toilet can that had been there for years, and I knew every chunk of it, but that was infection and one thing and then I said, Well, whats wrong with this mahogany stool? and bang, bang, bang, bang, and the secretaries across the hall wondered what the noise was and they started shaking the door. Here, McIvor has taken considerable liberties with history. I opened. I went unconscious. [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. Ho Chi Minh died last night and were in mourning. Well, Id anticipated that. There was nothing there but blood. Techniques included beatings, whippings, and near-asphyxiation with ropes. 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. He said, Hap Chandler is down getting the big bombs out of the bottom. Admiral Stockdale and his wife lived quietly on Coronado Island, off of San Diego, until his death at age 81. [39], The Admiral James & Sybil Stockdale Arena at South Kent School was named after Stockdale and his wife in April 2014.[40]. A feeling of family and fellowship has developed among the young core cast and their parents, some of whom have visited the locations including the senate chamber at Stormont for the first time. [32] He died from the illness on July 5, 2005. Id never seen that before. Nobody could see me. As historical re-creation goes, the film looks best during outdoor scenes, even when digital mattes are required to extend skylines and reveal smoldering homes devastated by aerial attack (whereas the perfectly lit, amber-haloed interiors have a phonier, more stagebound feel). Stockdale filed charges against two other officers (Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Edison W. Miller and Navy Captain Walter E. "Gene" Wilber) who, he felt, had given aid and comfort to the enemy. What role do you think your knowledge of that philosophy had in your survival? When they covered his head with a hat, he beat himself with a stool until his face was swollen beyond recognition. When Stockdale was awakened in the early morning and was told he was to lead these attacks he responded: "Retaliation for what?" 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. As . About two in the night somebody screamed Eow, and I think that was the suicide watch. James Stockdale: My mother was born on a farm near this town, which we still own; it has been in the family since 1850. James Stockdale: No. Finally I dont know the time of night, maybe 3 or 4 in the morning they brought in a cot, and then they brought in a chair and they put a soldier in the chair, and he put the rifle across his knees, and they let me lie in the bed with a pillow and I passed out. It seemed to work. The other men you mentioned perished under the same circumstances. Established in 1989, Cinemagic is the largest film event of its kind in Ireland and Britain, attracting more than 35,000 young people annually. It was a great asset to him, and he never forgot it. A report will be written. James Stockdale. Others started drawing them and I was the breakout guy because there were some hard heads that said what I said about speed. Weve got to get some red blood. And so I said, I dont I said to myself, Is this right? 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. Could you share your recollections of that town? These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I went to him and he said, What do you want on the Crusaders? And I said, I want eight Zunis on either side. "[22] Both Miller and Wilber received letters of censure. I had no evidence that there were any PT boats there and I made that clear. 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. We know that you were tortured. James Stockdale: Never betraying a friend in prison. Because they had been resistance leaders they were separated from other captives and placed in solitary confinement in "Alcatraz", a special facility in a courtyard behind the North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, located about one mile away from Ha L Prison. There were about 70 or 80 airplanes over there and there were about 1,000 men and 100 pilots. Now I know (Stockdale's name has) become a buzzword in this culture for doddering old man, but let's look at the record, folks. We were finally putting a family back together.. And he said, Its zero-zero at the bridge. Zero visibility up and sideways. We read that during a torture session you went through, you heard the message tapped out: God bless you, James Stockdale.. 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. He has returned from across the Atlantic a wealthy man, with a teenage son in tow. We were stalemating ourselves. He was portrayed in the media as elderly and confused, and his reputation never recovered. They racked me up and it was the quarterback sack of the century! I was in a thunderstorm in a single engine airplane. James Stockdale: 1954. They put me in a chair. Weve been working for two years to set this up and now that its time to pull the handle and you lose your guts.. But, that was the first step. It was some other action. James Stockdale: Yes. 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