Posted on 07/06/2005 6:31:56 AM PDT by Bell407Pilot
Retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale, Ross Perot's 1992 presidential running mate who received the Medal of Honor after enduring 7 1/2 years in a North Vietnamese prison, died Tuesday. He was 81.
RIP..
i thought you meant "Will" Stockdale!
RIP, Admiral.
Bravo zulu admiral!
Already posted.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437186/posts
Brave soldier and great American. Too bad my memory of him is wearing a name tag at a function - perhaps his convention. If you need a name tag, you shouldn't be VP.
You know, as I get older, I tend to see more of the linkage between supposedly "random" events..Had Perot not run...Bush would have been re-elected, and the GOP would never have captured the Congress in 94...and W would not have been elected president only one term after his dad left the WH..
My last 30 years went by faster than my first 10.
You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. James 4:14
He was at one time president of the Citadel. The second former Citadel president to die in the last few days.
He was an absolute stud during his time in the Hanoi Hilton. He kept all the guys together. Return with honor was his mantra.
A brilliant man who endured years of suffering at the hands of the N Vietnamese. He maintained by example the dignity of our POWs. He persevered in spite of years of isolation and torture to bring them home.
My hat is off to honor his courage, decency, and sacrifice on behalf of all Americans. A true Medal Of Honor Man.
I'm P.L.O.! Permanent Latrine Orderly! :)
i didn't know that there were two versions of that movie. i ende3d up with the shorter version which omitted the part with the airplane, which was one of the highlights of the whole movie.
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