John Glenn was in the class and we became friends immediately, and I hadnt flown jets yet. 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. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. We got the A-4s to tag the F-8s and we had a search plane that we sent ahead to give us a weather report when we got to the coast. And then the fourth night he had a truck ready to take me to the hospital. Was that the first time you had spoken in all those years? It was insane that they didnt have one before. 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. We waited til the last moment. An old man and an old woman were driving in a junk truck that brought me into Hanoi. James Stockdale: God bless you, Jim Stockdale. I didnt feel like I had more vitality than the next one. I dont know what to do with that but thats in a lot of books. And I neverI couldn't approachI don't say it just to brag, but, I mean, my sensitivities are completely different. I didnt think he could have thought of a better thing to do. James Stockdale: No. 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. [7], Two nights later, on August 4, 1964, Stockdale was overhead during the second reported attack in the Tonkin Gulf. Convinced of Stockdales determination to die rather than cooperate, the Communists ceased trying to extract bogus confessions from him. I had been on the ground say six weeks, and we didnt go in the front door. [28], Perot eventually re-entered the race in the fall of 1992, with Stockdale still in place as the vice presidential nominee. You were raised in a very small town in Illinois. I learned how to damage a PT boat. James Stockdale: When I was released,I called Sybil, of course, and we had a very, very loving conversation. We read that during a torture session you went through, you heard the message tapped out: God bless you, James Stockdale.. I saw the glint on this guys collar and I said, What the hell are you doing down here? He said, Im the assistant officer on deck. Later, while a prisoner of war, he was concerned that he would be forced to reveal this secret about the Vietnam War. Pi Ga, my torture guard, was always there to take me wherever they wanted. Tortured 15 times, he was forced to wear vise-like heavy leg irons for two years, and spent four of the seven years in solitary confinement, in total darkness. I took 18 airplanes. John Bradley. We were a good freshman football team. Academically, he ranked 130th among 821 graduates in his class. So sometimes when you submitted you gave them information, but it was never what they wanted, was it? 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. The guards took my clothes out and washed them. I was 19 years old by that time. James Stockdale: Yes. 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. Maybe not quite that because I was running out of fuel. Others started drawing them and I was the breakout guy because there were some hard heads that said what I said about speed. Johnson announced to the American people that we are retaliating against outrageous activities of PT boats, and in fact some of these attacks are in progress. I had 300 miles to fly and I didnt even know. I turned that around and I arranged to have air-to-ground equipment, and we were the only F-8U squadron when we deployed that got good scores on our air-to-ground and air-to-air. And they died of a broken heart. It might even adversely affect you. As the senior naval officer, he was one of the primary organizers of prisoner resistance. James is, naturally, excited about his role and looks forward to the start of filming this November. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. 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. James Stockdale Fans Also Viewed . No sign of a knee cap. 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. I flew all kinds of airplanes because every six months a class passed on and there were only about five guys that were teaching. They would give me the ropes three times a week. The sun would just be rising as they coasted into their dock. Born on , 1997, James Stockdale hails from London, United Kingdom. Admiral, how did you survive psychologically? The American newshounds thought it would be in the spirit of better news for them, and for morale in the fighting forces, when anybody had had a great event say the wing commander theyd have plain language interviews. Christian musician whose family appeared on Wife Swap 'has made two attempts to escape from mental hospital' ahead of trial over murder of his mother and brother Jacob Stockdale, 27, allegedly. Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice. There he tutored the U.S. Marine Corps aviator John Glenn in mathematics and physics. I passed out in a pool of blood. That was all there was. Its fossil fuel. I have a degree in business studies and marketing, but I knew pretty soon after graduating that Id made a mistake, he says. I didnt have my lip mike on. (While wrenching, the scene in which soldiers carry out these executions is far less traumatizing than an equivalent massacre in last years The Zookeepers Wife, although nothing in McIvors film could be said to match the impact of that remarkable film, also inspired by true events, in which empty cages were used to hide Jewish refugees.). It was something really serious. I think if he was thinking kindly of me, he (would have) said, With this leg out here, I hope our doctor can get it to where he can walk or limp. He didnt say that maybe hed just as soon have me gone. I came back to the carrier and landed. I did that because I concluded and I think Im right that theres a great connection between farm boys in Illinois and farm boys in rural Vietnam. They were A-4s and F-8s. Youve got to be an actor. And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. and I never got back to that because there was never an opportunity for me to explain my life to people. He reasoned that his captors would not dare display a prisoner who appeared to have been beaten. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution was written to be used by responsible people who knew there was action, and that they were going to sanction our retaliation. I wasnt a bully, but I watched my dad for one. Even in the intelligence community, nobody disputes it now. They have ammunition. 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. [34] At the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California, the main gate (inaugurated on August 30, 2007) and the headquarters building for the Pacific Fleet's Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school were both named in his honor. That was the real tape. So you walked in, and you went between these beds, and then you saw the spigot and pretty soon the water started coming out, and you were to take your clothes off, and he handed you the soap and the razor and slammed the door because he had other errands to do. Your blood is not circulating. And he said, Its zero-zero at the bridge. Zero visibility up and sideways. He led aerial attacks from the carrier USSTiconderoga(CVA-14) during the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. Last year was its first time in London, and there is now a Cinemagic festival in Castres, in southern France. War Heroes. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. After graduating from the Naval Academy in 1946, he attended flight training in Pensacola, FL and in 1954 was accepted to the Navy Test Pilot School where he served as an instructor for a brief time. Weve got to get some red blood. And so I said, I dont I said to myself, Is this right? Im testament to the fact that you dont need a drama-school training to be an actor. He was previously married to Sybil Stockdale. Here, McIvor has taken considerable liberties with history. I starred in a short film called Heres Looking at You, Kid in 2018 and the director for that was Michael Lennox who also directs Derry Girls, he said. And who knows whats going to happen? When Stockdale was discovered with information that could implicate his friends' so-called "black activities", he slit his wrists so they could not torture him into confession. They just roughly doubled the strength of everything. War Hero. Admiral Stockdale and his wife lived quietly on Coronado Island, off of San Diego, until his death at age 81. But, that was the first step. They were forming up to go back out to the middle of the gulf for the night. The ground-breaking film production aims to engage with hundreds of young people, marking the beginning of a year of Cinemagics 25th Anniversary celebrations. 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