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Not since Admiral James Stockdale, Ross Perot’s VP candidate, appeared at the 1992 Vice Presidential debate has an honorable Vietnam veteran been so abused. But when you have a Democratic machine willing to undermine the U.S. Constitution in order to get rid of a president they don’t like, nobody should be surprised to find out that Robert Mueller was hijacked for his “conservative” credentials to put his imprimatur on the Independent Counsel’s Report. Then he was put on mothballs while his partisan staff of Trump haters set about trying to remove the duly elected President from office. Sadly Bob Mueller...

The Fallen Hero and the Living Traitor By Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu FrontPageMagazine.com August 2, 2005 Here is yet another case of the kind of bizarre juxtaposition that continues to characterize the Vietnam War well into the first decade of the new century. I refer on the one hand to the recent loss of Admiral James B. Stockdale, a highly decorated Navy aviator and prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese for seven grueling years. His funeral services were held, appropriately, on the Navy carrier the USS Ronald Reagan with the full military honors the Medal of Honor winner deserved....

WASHINGTON - This is a tale of two men who were -- each in his own way -- icons of America's searing and bitter experience in Vietnam. Both left us this month, one at age 81 the other at age 91, and they left us wondering what it all meant and what they meant to us. One was a symbol of a nation's failure to succeed in its costly and bloody mission in Vietnam. The other was a symbol of gritty personal courage and simple personal honor while a seemingly helpless prisoner of America's enemies in that war. Gen. William...

ANNAPOLIS -- Retired Navy Vice Adm. James Stockdale, one of the country's most decorated Vietnam war veterans and a one-time vice presidential candidate, was buried Saturday at the Naval Academy. About 500 people, including several Medal of Honor recipients and former prisoners of war, attended the funeral for Stockdale, who died on July 5 at his home in Coronado, Calif. Stockdale, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was 81. For 7 1/2 years, Stockdale was a POW at the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" prison, four of those years spent in solitary confinement; on several occasions, he was singled out for torture. He...

A hero's farewell Vietnam POW icon Stockdale honored at memorial service A fighter-bomber bearing his name stood vigil as eight Medal of Honor recipients escorted the flag-draped coffin of retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale yesterday on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at North Island Naval Air Station. Stockdale was remembered as a leader, a teacher, a father and a hero at the memorial service, attended by hundreds."There is a time to live and a time to die," Navy Secretary Gordon England told the audience. "And there is also a time to honor heroes." Stockdale, who...

Mourners Remember James Stockdale, Vietnam POW and Perot Running Mate The Associated Press Published: Jul 16, 2005 CORONADO, Calif. (AP) - Military officials and family members gathered atop an aircraft carrier Saturday to remember retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale, the highly decorated Navy officer who was Ross Perot's running mate in the 1992 presidential race. The mourners made no mention of Stockdale's bid for vice president during the memorial service aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, focusing instead on his military career, which included spending 7 1/2 years in a North Vietnamese prison and being awarded the Medal of Honor for...

Empowered by captivity Stockdale, honored today, and other POWs left Vietnam resilient By Rick Rogers UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER July 16, 2005 The words trigger images of haggard, pajama-clad men being herded before cameras by their captors. Of accounts detailing torture at the infamous Hanoi Hilton prison. Of joyous family reunions on tarmacs across the United States. Although the scenes are 32 years old, they never have been updated in the American public's psyche and remain suspended like a half-finished bridge or a ghostly image on a TV set. What became of the 566 U.S. military POWs released during Operation Homecoming...

SAN DIEGO — Retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale, Ross Perot's 1992 presidential running mate who received the Medal of Honor after enduring 71/2 years in a North Vietnamese prison, died Tuesday. He was 81.

NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense No. 679-05 IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jul 05, 2005 Media Contact: (703)697-5131 Public/Industry Contact: (703)428-0711 Department of the Navy Announces the Death of Retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale Retired Navy Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale, Medal of Honor recipient, former Viet Nam prisoner of war (POW), naval aviator and test pilot, academic, and American hero died today, July 5, 2005, at his home in Coronado, Calif. He was 81 years old and had been battling Alzheimer's disease. Born Dec. 23, 1923 in Abingdon, Ill., and a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy...

James Stockdale, Perot Running Mate, Dead at 81 The Associated Press Published: Jul 5, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale, a former prisoner of war and Ross Perot's running mate in 1992, has died, the Navy announced Tuesday. He was 81. The Navy did not provide a cause of death but said he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He died at his home in Coronado, Calif. In the 1992 presidential election, Stockdale became independent candidate Perot's vice presidential running mate, initially as a stand-in on the ticket but later as the candidate. Stockdale gave a stumbling performance...