[TheOtherOne]

Thank you for your service to our Nation.

[LonePalm]

I met VADM Stockdale while an officer candidate in 1978. I was in uniform at the Navy Exchange in Newport while he was head of the Naval War College. He was in civilian clothes and appeared to not be able to find something. I offered to help. I found what he wanted but don't remember what it was.

He asked me how I liked OCS. I said that it had its moments. He laughted and went on his way. Later a friend asked me if I knew who I had been taking to. I said some retired guy. My friend corrected me. Whoa, there were a lot of pay grades difference but he couldn't have been nicer.

'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[NormsRevenge]

Former vice presidential candidate Adm. James Stockdale speaks about his POW experience in the Vietnam War during the Vice Presidential debate in Atlanta, in this Oct. 13, 1992, file photo. Stockdale, a former prisoner of war, Medal of Honor recipient and Ross Perot's running mate in 1992, has died, the Navy announced Tuesday, July 5, 2005. He was 81. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)

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Retired Vice Adm. James Stockdale listens during a panel discussion in this, May 7, 1999, file photo at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Fla. Stockdale, a former prisoner of war, Medal of Honor recipient and Ross Perot's running mate in 1992, died, the Navy announced Tuesday, July 5, 2005. He was 81. (AP Photo/Pensacola News Journal, Tony Giberson, File)

[mountainfolk]

Rest in peace Admiral Stockdale. At the time that Adm Stockdale was on the Perot ticket it was my feeling that he was doing what he thought was best for this country. Still serving his country tho obviously not in the best of health. He was a stand-in who was ill used by Perot. I believed then and still do, that Perot was a fraud, never intending to win and quit when he looked like he might. Came back to save face and keep the charade going, knowing that enough votes would stay siphoned off to put Clinton in office.

[ShellieGOP]

"Survivors include his wife, Sybil, and four sons."

I thought he also had a daughter... Remember Gretchen Stockdale? She was a defense witness in the OJ trial. She was always written about as his daughter...

Does anyone know?

[Calpernia]

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 Arena]

RIP to a great man...

[moose2004]

A brave and patriotic man whom is a model to us all. May he rest in peace.

[Jonah Hex]

May you have fair seas and following seas, Admiral. Requiescit in pace...

[ironcitymike]

That's two Citadel Presidents in one week. Gen Seignious died 7-3.

[1Old Pro]

God Bless him. Unfortunately instead of being remembered for his great service to our country he'll be remembered as being on a ticket with a lunatic because he was a loyal person. He wasn't up to it and it was grossly unfair of Perot to put him in that position.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

One of the greatest Americans of all time. When I was a mid at the US Naval Academy, I had the great honor of hearing the Admiral speak at a Forrestal Lecture: a humbling experience.

Fair winds and following seas, sir. You will be missed.

[South40]

Don't know if it's been posted already but here is a great biography of the late Admiral Stockdale.

[WoofDog123]

"Stockdale received 26 combat decorations, including the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest medal for valor, in 1976. A portion of his award citation reads: "Stockdale ... 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. He was subsequently discovered and revived by the North Vietnamese who, convinced of his indomitable spirit, abated their employment of excessive harassment and torture of all prisoners of war."'

Are any more details of this event available?

[Lancey Howard]

May a great American rest in peace.