There were bullets fired, but they werent fired off of PT boats out there. And the first thing they said to me was, When do you think Jenkins will get shot down? I said, I dont expect him over here.. [1][2] Following a brief period at Monmouth College, he entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in June 1943. 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. That alone would have made for a fine film, although McIvor opts to reimagine the story with a group of courageous kids at the center, inventing a 12-year-old animal enthusiast named Tom Hall (Art Parkinson) and a trio of friends, who put themselves at great risk to save the creature. Stockdale flew almost every propeller-driven aircraft in the Navys inventory, but he yearned for greater challenges. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. It was something really serious. Stockdale was accepted for flight training in June 1949 and reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. John Moan, who was born in Iowa, never dreamed that, with his American accent, he would stand a chance. 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. I grabbed the plane captain and said, Call up there and get that pilot out and tell him Im getting in. Meantime on the bridge, the captain was saying I learned this in prison because one of the guys was on the bridge he said, What the hell is Stockdale doing out there? and they said, Hes getting in because he wants to take the flight. And he said, Well, I guess Id do the same if it was me. To hear that years later was kind of pleasant. I knew I was hallucinating. He is perhaps best-known for starring in the late 1960's TV western Lancer. 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. Several hours later, Captain John Herrick of the Maddox, after reviewing the events, sent the message, "Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes Read More Medal of Honor [33], The U.S. Navy has named a number of structures after Stockdale, including the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USSStockdale(DDG-106), christened on May 10, 2008. Jim Stockdale (James Bond Stockdale) was born on 23 December, 1923 in Abingdon, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Writer, Stunts. 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. Its kind of the student union, so Im certainly part of their alumni. They both had prisoner experiences in survival schools and all. He was right. And I landed and got myself on deck, flipped off my protective the thing that held my parachute on and then I looked up and I had seen traces of this A thundering herd was coming down on me. Bob Shoemaker was one of them and Smitty Harris was another one. Even when hes on the Oscar trail he doesnt forget Dublin, I was violent and angry. Their story was later made into an NBC television movie under the name In Love and War, starring James Woods and Jane Alexander. When his story was told on his release in 1973, the story of his courage and endurance became an inspiration to Americans everywhere. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. He teaches philosophy at Stanford University, he's a brilliant, sensitive, courageous man. A, stay off the air, never talk into a tape recorder or a microphone. In doing that, he was involving himself necessarily with another American effort that was sort of off the books. It may adversely affect me. But, then the second time he says, I think Im going to try to get it under you. Five hundred-pound bombs were not going to phase that thing. They were cleaning the room. 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. My dad would always be present at football practice. I didnt realize that I was bleeding so bad. He deliberately 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. The final episode of Derry Girls left us all a little emotional, but for one talented Co Tyrone actor it was the pinnacle of his acting career so far. A Christmas Star was conceived as much more than just a movie. What year did you go to test pilot school? But the role of Pat's son Junior, who was raised in the US, could have been written for him. They were just in the ante way when they were taken in. James Stockdale may be only three feet tall, but already he has impressed the casting guru John Hubbard, who awarded him the most-promising-actor prize in last year's Cinemagic acting. There were about 70 or 80 airplanes over there and there were about 1,000 men and 100 pilots. James Stockdale. After that, everything went like clockwork and I got the paperwork to go to Annapolis. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. And any the water is very luminescent and if a bullet hits, if a shell hits the water youre going to see not only a splash but luminescence. It seemed to work. Two officers were working me over. And I said, Listen John, Ill make you a deal. Were you tortured a lot? He took me back into this room and boy, those two officers, they said, How dare you? We pretty well can stand anything. They had eight towering tanks that wed all noticed. Boy, this has been a day! I looked up at those walls and theyre all covered with geckos. And I said, Old Ho Chi Minh probably died last night. Id been unsuccessfully accosted to give them information. The son of a veterinarian who worked at the zoo before being sent off to war, Tom visits the animals every chance he gets, sneaking past the surly guard (Toby Jones) and making friends with the baby elephant, whom he names Buster. He was now a prisoner of war, the highest ranking naval officer to be held as a POW in Vietnam. It was the quarterback sack of the century. They tore off his clothes and beat him mercilessly. 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. 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. By The Newsroom 5th Oct 2016, 9:38am Updated 25th Oct 2016, 8:11pm That was a big screw-up. Weve been working for two years to set this up and now that its time to pull the handle and you lose your guts.. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Mental torture was incessant. Having programmed all manner of age-appropriate screenings in her 13-year tenure, Burney Keatings was struck by the thought that just maybe the time was ripe for the organisation to take a deep breath and make its own movie. 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. For further details on A Christmas Star visitwww.cinemagic.org.ukor search for the film on Facebook and Twitter. Every time I left the room I would be on a stretcher cart all covered with blankets. And he said, Its zero-zero at the bridge. Zero visibility up and sideways. He won. Tomas is the friend of Jenny Joyce and hes quite witty and funny and theres a lot of jokes between me and James on the show.. A plane piloted by Commander James Stockdale joined the action, flying at low altitude to see the enemy ships. In deference to his previous service, the navy kept him on active duty, steadily promoting him over the next few years before he retired as a vice admiral on September 1, 1979. Now I made it very clear, if you go, youre in trouble legally because youve violated the Code of Conduct. 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. So it was the first time it ever was written into law that the war went on behind bars, there were no exemptions. Stockdale wound up in Hoa Lo Prison the infamous Hanoi Hilton where he spent the next seven years under unimaginably brutal conditions. 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. As vice admiral, Stockdale was the president of The Citadel from 1979 to 1980. When would she ever have the opportunity to be part of such an event? His tenure there was short and stormy as he found himself at odds with the college's board as well as most of its administration, by proposing radical changes to the college's military system and other facets of the college. You wouldnt think I had a future if you saw me. He was kept in solitary confinement, in total darkness, for four years, chained in heavy, abrasive leg irons for two years, malnourished due to a starvation diet, denied medical care, and deprived of letters from home in violation of the Geneva Convention. These children have been chosen from over 5,000 others. Theres no we to it. The clouds were getting lower and it was ominous. Naval Service.[13]. 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. Every move you make, youve got to have it conform to an imaginary man youve made up in your mind, particularly with the senior people. In July 2008, a statue of him was erected in front of Luce Hall at the U.S. What role do you think your knowledge of that philosophy had in your survival? "Perot's Interim Partner Spent 7 Years As Pow", Stockdale, James B. They didnt know what they were talking about and thats about as far as I could take it. If you were to give advice to someone who was going through terrible adversity, how would you tell them to survive? They have ammunition. We were finally putting a family back together.. And then the fourth night he had a truck ready to take me to the hospital. 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. Writer-director Colin McIvor adapts the true-ish story of how a handful of citizens came to the rescue of a baby elephant into an unlikely family film, one that will delight the kids (who see themselves portrayed as heroes) while leaving parents with a lot of explaining to do. And they would cajole Americans into going downtown. Stockdale's funeral service was held at the Naval Academy Chapel and he was buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery. Adams, Lorraine (March 11, 1992). James Stockdale: It never crossed our mind that anybody would think there was anything you could do but what we were doing. He and my mother got married in 1919. I cant say. Trickier still, the film hinges on a seemingly cruel edict, issued by the British Ministry of Public Security, ordering the destruction of 33 potentially dangerous animals housed by the Belfast Zoo, for fear that they might get loose during the Belfast blitz of 1941. I worked as hard as I could and I stood in about the 15th percentile, starting from the top. It wasnt happy, but I shut down that torture system and they never wanted it brought up again. 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. 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. Photograph: Simon Graham/Harrison Photography. Among the well-known names in the cast are Rob James-Collier of Downton Abbey, Suranne Jones of Scott & Bailey, Bronagh Waugh of The Fall and the comedian Kevin McAleer. James, who has graced the local stage under the auspices of the Bardic . She said, How is your how are your wounds? And I said, Well I cant bend one leg, and I cant raise one arm, but I think the walk kind of gives me a sense of style. And she laughed on that. Dad had heard that the eye exams were very stiff there, so I remember him making carrot juice for me to drink. The biggest industry in the town was the Abingdon Pottery. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. One beautifully orchestrated air-raid scene featuring iconic shots that would be right at home in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp or Atonement may be a bit intense for younger audiences, as is the death of a key character, although as long as the elephant survives, the kids should be OK. Cinemagic would have to dramatically reduce the scope and scale of its work. They have fresh pilots in them that just had something to eat, and then we have two pilots down below that get up in the second two if they go. They went around in back and slid my stretcher in through the window because they didnt want any Vietnamese to know that they were treating Americans in there. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. Id been out there years before. I got along all right, and he went with me. Stockdale opened the debate by saying, "Who am I? As I was walking back it rolled out of my pant leg and then they had it. Imagine the ultimate cat lady, and then multiply that by 100. Admiral, wouldnt that make you an easy target for ground fire? For prisoners, it supplied the same code for everybody. She probably wrote 50 and I got six, and I probably wrote 20 and she got two or something like that. Ive received the letter. We were doing a lot of tactical bombing raids that were doing good. 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. Was that the first time you had spoken in all those years? TV Actor. "George Coker for Beach Schools", letter to, Collins, Jim (date unknown). They got a couple of teams of torture guards and they had a special procedure. It was insane that they didnt have one before. They tried everything. In August 1964, Stockdales squadron played a role in the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which involved North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. naval vessels. 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. There he tutored the U.S. Marine Corps aviator John Glenn in mathematics and physics. I had no evidence that there were any PT boats there and I made that clear. He came to acting via an unconventional route and says that he knows better than most how precious that first screen credit is. It was dark, the door opened and I got a signal to come out. Now every night on a carrier if youre flying fighters you have two planes on the catapults if youre in a dangerous area, ready to launch in an instants notice. Thats the only way to go. I was in the city schools, grade school and high school. I laughed to myself. As a kid, did you think you were destined to be a leader? Shes in South Vietnam and thank God Ill soon be moved down there to be near her. But I noticed his eyes were flittering around and he kept looking at my leg. He wanted me to go to Annapolis and go into the Navy. 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. My wife is a doctor. She is the only wife of an active-duty officer ever to be so honored. "I mean, Alecoe comes from Killybegs. Having just finished his second year of a law degree this. I was alone a lot, and I found ways to talk to myself and to bolster my own morale. And, first of all, I started getting blue blood and I said, Where is the blue blood coming from? 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. It turned out to be the year after I graduated, so I had a year to go to college first and was accepted at Carleton College, which is still one of the best small colleges in America. 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. Told that he was to be taken downtown and paraded in front of foreign journalists, Stockdale slashed his scalp with a razor and beat himself in the face with a wooden stool. Unlike the first event, which was an actual sea battle, no Vietnamese forces were, however, believed to have been involved in the second engagement. By 1968, she and her organization, which called for the president and the U.S. Congress to publicly acknowledge the mistreatment of the POWs (something that had never been done despite evidence of gross mistreatment), gained the attention of the American press. He died on 5 July 2005 in Coronado, California, USA. -- (Hoover essays no. 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. South Vietnam was alive with ammunition expenditure. When we came back from that mission, the target was 95 percent destroyed. Last Name Stockdale #8. Collins called this the Stockdale Paradox.[21]. None of them got medical training there [in Vietnam]. This is kind of a long story but heres the way that was handled by L.B. Anyway, that was a very good cruise. James Stockdale: Air Group Commander. This is because planning automatically implies a future, and this future is frequently in doubt.". 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? James Stockdale: We had some smart guys that were shot down ahead of me. It wasnt long before I got orders to another ship, the Thompson. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. Theyre farmers or rice people or whatever. We would strafe and bomb this factory or whatever. We were still in Hoa Lo prison before we were exiled and there were a lot of cell blocks. After he sees what youre up to, his twos which he does each time you finish a word get less and less enthusiastic. But, a lot of high ranking officers doubted that in my company because of the need for them. 20-year-old James Stockdale from Dungannon appeared as Jenny Joyce's friend Tomas in the last episode of the hit series on Tuesday. 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. As his introduction to the large segment of American voters who had not previously heard of him, the debate was disastrous for Stockdale. You dont want big rockets from altitude going after them. 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 dont want to make this too mysterious, but it was kind of a dark and dreary night. [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. It was a great asset to him, and he never forgot it. They go very slowly in comparison to our jets. Discover Jim Stockdale's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Its not so much the location, its someplace in Hanoi where youre going to talk about politics and nothing else. Read more: Derry Girls actress hints at role in new Barbie movie. I opened. I lettered in three sports football, basketball and track every year. But this was dedicated to showers, they didnt have anything else to do. In a 1999 interview with Jim Lehrer, Stockdale explained that the statements were intended as an introduction of himself and his personal history to the television audience:[28]. "He's one of the more complex characters, struggling with his sexuality at a time when being gay was against the law. 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. I had hardly gotten back from the Connie when I was back on the Taiko and we were having Sunday afternoon sleepy day flight operations that consisted of really training your new and weak pilots. James Bond "Jim" Stockdale (December 23, 1923 - July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator, awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, during which he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale was not informed that he would be participating in the October 13 vice presidential debate held in Atlanta, Georgia, until a week before the event. Phil Hartman. Why am I here? We had one dead in the water and both of the others were spewing oil by the time we had to get out of there and fly back. It was our nickname for this place. He was also often parodied for his repeated use of the term "gridlock" to describe slow governmental policy. A thundering herd was coming down on me. Drawing strength from principles of stoic philosophy, Stockdale heroically resisted. And there was no disturbance. [39], The Admiral James & Sybil Stockdale Arena at South Kent School was named after Stockdale and his wife in April 2014.[40]. Some of them were A-1s, which had to figure themselves out. One, nobody had ever been in the ropes since I cut my wrists, and secondly, the commissar had been discharged. [26], Stockdale came to know businessman and presidential candidate Ross Perot through his wife's work in establishing an organization to represent the families of Vietnam POWs. Then we flew right here to the airport at the Navy base. Now theres only two ways to go. And they went out and then they gave me you know, then through that other times Id used other devices. Id known Hap for years. He had lost his generator. Its all happened very quickly. Almost more than anything else because there half of the prison crowd knew that I was out there getting beat up. James Stockdale: I dont know. You were raised in a very small town in Illinois. 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. Stockdale's flying career took him west, and in 1962 he earned a . These two destroyers started reporting things like they had sunk an enemy ship. I graduated six months later and went to a test unit called Service Test. On August 2, 1964, while on a DESOTO patrol in the Tonkin Gulf, the destroyer USSMaddox(DD-731) engaged three North Vietnamese Navy P-4 torpedo boats from the 135th Torpedo Squadron. He punched out, watching his plane slam into a rice paddy and explode in a fireball. I think he looked through a peephole and saw me in that pool of blood in front of my chair. It went over just fine and we got a tape of it. In some cases, they were skippered by Norwegian merchant seamen. Birthday: May 19, 1939 ( Taurus) Born In: London, England. Wed made a number of very successful short films, and I thought, Why not take it to the next stage? she says. Did you receive any kind of medical attention after you were captured and transported? Ho Chi Minh died last night and were in mourning. Well, Id anticipated that. It was an island off shore, maybe a half mile off shore, An May they called it, and its probably about the size of Coronado, maybe a little bigger. This was news that never got out. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. So I was down there and I was exchanging notes and getting things done and then I had kind of got a nice note from a guy and I but we were what we were using for paper and pen was tough toweling that was sort it was the idea of toilet paper and rat manure. As far as I know thats true. I went unconscious. James Bond Stockdale was born and raised in Abingdon, Illinois. I asked people, What was it like? The torture of American prisoners ended, and treatment of all American POWs improved. Then came Downton and the challenging role that has put him on a whole new footing. Appropriately, its provenance is neither a big commercial film studio nor an ambitious small independent but the Belfast-based Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People, which uses film and all forms of moving image to entertain, educate, motivate and inspire young people. The French would not allow Vietnamese natives to go to universities. Something went wrong, please try again later. Also learn how He earned most of Jim Stockdale networth? 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. James Bond [1] Stockdale (December 23, 1923 - July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator. I guess you can say its just dumb luck, but you never know. This was an easy day. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. It will also be will be broadcast by BBC and UTV over Christmas 2015. 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