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James Stockdale
James Stockdale spent his
time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam defying
orders and doing everything
in his power to stay true to his country. Stockdale remains one of the
most highly decorated officers in the United States Navy, leading the U.S
air squadron in the Gulf of Tonkin and earning 26 personal combat
decorations, including four Silver Star medals. When his A-4 SkyRaider was
hit by anti-aircraft fire, he was forced to eject from the aircraft and
was taken prisoner upon landing. Stockdale spent the next seven years as a
P.O.W., doing everything from beating himself up to avoid being paraded in
public, to slitting his own wrists to show he would rather die than talk.
Released in 1973, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1976.
Photo Courtesy of The National Aviation Hall of Fame
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