That set the pace. Appropriately, its provenance is neither a big commercial film studio nor an ambitious small independent but the Belfast-based Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People, which uses film and all forms of moving image to entertain, educate, motivate and inspire young people. In 2022, James got a chance to play Tomas in 'Derry Girls'. But we were not in alignment there as well as we were in some of the other places, so you can do the same thing with your hand under the door. I got my wings in 50 and then I got four years of many kinds of small ships and it was 54. Throughout Stockdales captivity, his wife Sybil campaigned for respectful treatment for the families of all POWs by founding the League of Families. James Stockdale Fans Also Viewed . William Bundy was Secretary of State for the Far East, and in May of that year he drafted a congressional resolution if youve got enough congressmen to go along with it what he wanted to see come out of Congress when it came time to settle with erratic raids by the enemy that were illegal, unconstitutional. It's good to be informed, but it's also OK to cut back if it's making things harder. They did that, and then we were sitting there in the ready room and they say, At midnight, L.B. I said to myself, God, maybe Im the problem here instead of the solution. I had said, Heres my orders. Once in a while wed get an assigned target. Theres no boats out there! They said, Well, read this. It was a pencil copy of a message that the destroyer boss had sent while I was flying back. So I took my friend with me who was in an A-4, and the two of us went up not to throw our bombs into the water, but to throw them into a railroad yard (at An Wa bridge). I was always trying to get into a sideline of aviation. And, first of all, I started getting blue blood and I said, Where is the blue blood coming from? Its a great pleasure to be speaking with you, Admiral. He sneaked up under the door, and it was kind of a complicated thing but he said, What are you doing? I said, Im reading these letters my wife sent me, which was authorized. [4] He was a test pilot until January 1957. While decided with the publics safety in mind, such a policy wont sit well with children or animal rights activists who might reasonably point out that none of these creatures asked to be held captive in Northern Ireland in the first place. What year did you go to test pilot school? from Wikipedia-Maurice William Elias (December 23, 1936 - September 9, 2016), known professionally as James Stacy, was an American film and television actor. Dom-dom-dom-dom, thats G. B, dom-dom-dom: B. Oh, no. The cockpit is no wider than that, and its very noisy inside, but I looked right there and I saw that damn plane and I thought,Theres my Armageddon. And it was fireballs coming at me one after the other. War Heroes. I think were going to have to satisfy ourselves with just getting it under you enough that you can walk with crutches. And, he effectively did that. Courage under fire : testing Epictetus's doctrines in a laboratory of human behavior I James Bond Stockdale. Through it all, Stockdales captors held out the promise of better treatment if he would only admit that the United States was engaging in criminal behavior against the Vietnamese people, but Stockdale refused. They had already signed it and (President) Johnson had withheld it. JimCollins.com. I was given a lot of times in the ropes in Room 18, which is the main torture chamber of Hoe Lo prison. I was getting occasional letters from my wife, Sybil. He died on 5 July 2005 in Coronado, California, USA. [13] During the course of his captivity, due to torture, his leg was broken twice. I flew all kinds of airplanes because every six months a class passed on and there were only about five guys that were teaching. He was going to fly into the water. I called Wes McDonald, who was about 100 miles behind me, and I said, Wes, if you want to do some dive bombings, get up a course above 2,000 feet, give me a call before you come down and Ill get out of the way, but Im going to shut off all my external lights and Im going to get below 1,000 feet. Now Im doing this all on my own. In the meantime, I had had sense enough to put it in the crotch of my pants. His own first break was in the BBC series Down to Earth, which he says was a big learning curve. He won. Many of the film industrys leading lights are involved, including Cinemagic patrons Liam Neeson, Bronagh Waugh (The Fall) and Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey, The Crimson Field), as well as Oscar winning film producer, Gareth Ellis Unwin (The Kings Speech), and award winning composer, Patrick Doyle, (Brave). Could you tell us about Eisenhowers Code of Conduct for Prisoners of War and how that influenced you in prison? Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' We would strafe and bomb this factory or whatever. They didnt know what they were talking about and thats about as far as I could take it. Turning 21 in August, James is finding the balance between studying for his degree and acting, but hes clear what he would choose if it came to it. First of all, I think McNamara and (President) Johnson and that administration was stupid about warfare. Even when hes on the Oscar trail he doesnt forget Dublin, I was violent and angry. GB, dom, dom, dom, dom, dom, dom, dom, U. G-B-U-J-S. So I got more I was more moved by that than many other things. [33], The U.S. Navy has named a number of structures after Stockdale, including the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USSStockdale(DDG-106), christened on May 10, 2008. I was called to go down below and they had a message for me from the commander of Seventh Fleet, and it was to take the squadron at noon tomorrow to the USS Constellation, and the Kitty Hawk would also be there. James Stockdale: My mother was born on a farm near this town, which we still own; it has been in the family since 1850. Its a super profile for them.. We were a good freshman football team. That was a big screw-up. Perot and Stockdale received 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election, one of the best showings by an independent ticket in U.S. electoral history, although they did not carry any states. Its like a shallow lake in the middle of a bunch of rocks in the middle of the ocean or close to shore. Youd lick it and you could print right on it and get another piece. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". I didnt have my lip mike on. Beside the little marina at Glenarm, frost is still lying on the spire of the parish church and on the nearby castles turrets and battlements. Police say Jacob Stockdale fired a 20-gauge shotgu On his next deployment, while commander of Carrier Air Wing Sixteen aboard the carrier USSOriskany(CV-34), his A-4 Skyhawk jet was shot down in North Vietnam on September 9, 1965. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. Look at your calendar. In 1959, the U.S. Navy sent Stockdale to Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations in 1962. A Christmas Star was conceived as much more than just a movie. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Admiral, how did you survive psychologically? Stockdale was a candidate for Vice President of the United States in the 1992 presidential election, on Ross Perot's independent ticket. It has all gelled together amazingly well and has given so many young people the confidence and self-belief to achieve things which, in the past, they may have drawn back from, says Burney Keatings. I cant give you the language exactly but the point of it was, For goodness sake we have no positive indication that anything happened out here tonight, so let us at least hope we get verification before we take action. I said, I agree with him entirely. Well, everybody kind of got giddy because we thought we were going to be in a war about two hours ago and now we see its just a stupid screw-up. 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. Did you receive any kind of medical attention after you were captured and transported? James Stockdale: Yes, sometimes. 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. So that was what we were living with. All probably between 18 and 24. She said, Youd think that when we were finally going to see this thing that we had been waiting eight years for there would have been gales of laughter. As soon as I could I got my head wet and lathered up, I started with that safety razor, just cutting a track down the top of my head that I judged would make it impractical for them to take me downtown. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Do we cut off their heads or do we You never knew what was going to happen. Theyre not going to fly a MIG down here over South Vietnam, and its just foolish because they dont have enough planes to do what you do if you wanted to get involved in one of these hassles. You could see three wars going on at almost any time below you. Stockdale's flying career took him west, and in 1962 he earned a . 1996 - 2023 American AcademyofAchievement. They were like they were ashamed of it and they were sweeping the floor and putting fluid on it that smelled like something in a funeral parlor. He wanted me to go to Annapolis and go into the Navy. No sign of a knee cap. Those were eight big tanks. And they died of a broken heart. James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 - July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and one of the most-highly decorated officers in the history of the U.S. Navy. It may adversely affect me. Stockdale explained his major insight as the following: "You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the endwhich you can never afford to losewith the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be." Formal portrait of Rear Adm. James B. Stockdale in full dress white uniform. They told me, We think theyre going to put you in the mint pretty soon. And that was kind of the end of the line. Heroic Prisoner of War in North Vietnam Date of Birth December 23, 1923 Date of Death July 5, 2005 James Bond Stockdale was born and raised in Abingdon, Illinois. I was second in my class in high school and she wanted me to be a lawyer. But, with less than perfect timing, just days after the film wrapped, BBC Northern Ireland was reporting that some of the regions best-known film organisations were facing funding cuts of up to 50 per cent. I was in leg irons in a bath stall and I had been in there for several days and that night a guard came in, unlocked the leg irons, grabbed my arm, took me around the corner into an open area and beat the hell out of me. Every time you take a shot in the Vietnam hospital theyd bring out a big, long needle. I was 19 years old by that time. Stockdale was not informed that he would be participating in the October 13 vice presidential debate held in Atlanta, Georgia, until a week before the event. I said, Listen, if we come over here, were supposed to be up here looking for MIGs. Wed left about 1:00 oclock. He completed his career by serving as the president of the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, from October 13, 1977, until August 22, 1979.[24]. It was a great asset to him, and he never forgot it. Within seconds, his engine was aflame and all hydraulic control was gone. Then we flew right here to the airport at the Navy base. James Stockdale appearing as Tomas on Derry Girls. She thought that was wonderful that I was making fun of that leg business. They tried to get me to go downtown. Throughout his captivity, Stockdales steadfast refusal to cooperate with the enemy kept alive the spirit of resistance in his fellow POWs. James is, naturally, excited about his role and looks forward to the start of filming this November. "George Coker for Beach Schools", letter to, Collins, Jim (date unknown). You can wind it around but youre just looking for some way to use it. Line, top line, third letter over. Why am I here? They would go up and they would have target areas that they would shellac in the middle of the night and then they would head back down. Others started drawing them and I was the breakout guy because there were some hard heads that said what I said about speed. It was insane that they didnt have one before. SALT LAKE CITY After being shot down over Vietnam in 1965, Navy fighter pilot James Stockdale spent 7.5 years in the Ha L Prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton," enduring repeated episodes of torture, leg irons that sliced into his skin and four years in isolation. He was previously married to Sybil Stockdale. 20-year-old James Stockdale from Dungannon appeared as Jenny Joyces friend Tomas in the last episode of the hit series on Tuesday. And that was a real turning point in my life because there were only 17 in a class and it lasted six months of school. They would give me the ropes three times a week. You hardly ever hear thunder at sea but we were in a thunderstorm part of the time. A willing player, but not an instigator. James Stockdale, seated, with production crew and fellow actors from Delicate Things, a new short film. What happened next? Will there be a fourth series of Derry Girls? Patrick Roe from Newry says he feels happiest when he is acting and is in a little world of his own. He wanted to see the leg, and he had a pan and he jammed needles in here, sucked it out. About two in the night somebody screamed Eow, and I think that was the suicide watch. You would see lines of firing men firing at each other. My dad would always be present at football practice. 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. Are you saying the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was based on false pretenses? A selfie from James on the set of Derry Girls. James Stockdale was a sophomore business management major who took classes at both the Tuscarawas and Stark campuses of Kent State University. They may go bonkers.. So Im on the roster. Admiral, wouldnt that make you an easy target for ground fire? They were getting me put back in the bath stall and somebody had a wet towel and he was snapping it. You led three principal actions on the Tonkin Gulf. Mental torture was incessant. Everything was caution. And I said, Old Ho Chi Minh probably died last night. Id been unsuccessfully accosted to give them information. It does not store any personal data. Told that he was to be taken downtown and paraded in front of foreign journalists, Stockdale slashed his scalp with a razor and beat himself in the face with a wooden stool. Well done James! cm. 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. James Stockdale: Yeah. 6) ISBN -8179-3692- 1. And they went out and then they gave me you know, then through that other times Id used other devices. Rear Adm. Stockdale's valiant leadership and extraordinary courage in a hostile environment sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Stockdale opened the debate by saying, "Who am I? They just roughly doubled the strength of everything. Unfortunately, Stockdale's self-deprecating attempt to address the public's unfamiliarity with him only reinforced the . I mean, it was over here, wherever that leg went, and pus and blood went in this pan, and then he went away, and then he came back three nights in a row. Stockdale wound up in Hoa Lo Prison the infamous Hanoi Hilton where he spent the next seven years under unimaginably brutal conditions. I took 18 airplanes. You could take a vertical wire the outsider wouldnt even realize it was up there and if you moved it this way, that meant there was an old bottle under that sink. As a kid, did you think you were destined to be a leader? James Stockdale was born in in December 23, 1923. They didnt speak any English, of course. [11], Stockdale was held as a prisoner of war in the Ha L Prison (the infamous "Hanoi Hilton") for the next seven and a half years. Id known Hap for years. How about going to Monmouth College, which is about 25 miles away? and I did. Six men have been arrested as part of the investigation so far. James Stockdale: I liked it because my dad liked it. And then at one point my ten guys were kicked out of the camp system and we went to Alcatraz. I dont know, because I didnt have it up there well enough. James Stockdale: Yes, and Ill tell you how that came about. And the worst thing that can happen is death, and thats not the worst thing in the world either. They racked me up and it was the quarterback sack of the century! The scene-stealer here is James Stockdale, who plays Petes brother Mickey, a not-quite-three-foot teen with an unspecified disability and preternatural charm (he gets all the films best lines), hidden from public view at a time when families were ashamed of special-needs children. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the endwhich you can never afford to losewith the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. This was 1943 so a lot of fighting had gone on and he was going back to be a Washington bureaucrat for a while and then back into the war. I think he looked through a peephole and saw me in that pool of blood in front of my chair. We got out there and this guy took a cat shot, took off from the starboard catapult, and all his lights went out going down the track. Could you share your recollections of that town? Suranne Jones with young actors Josh Smyth, James Stockdale and Sean Ronan. 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. Naval Service.[13]. We waited til the last moment. And then the fourth night he had a truck ready to take me to the hospital. That was part of my growing up. For further details on A Christmas Star visit. I just knew I had to do something, and I had kind of a hunch that there might be some opening here. Youre in pain and youre in claustrophobia. Ross Perot. I was in there and they were about at their wits end. After he sees what youre up to, his twos which he does each time you finish a word get less and less enthusiastic. Were you tortured a lot? I opened. James Stockdale: Ive just never studied it enough to know. We were still in Hoa Lo prison before we were exiled and there were a lot of cell blocks. Congratulations to James Stockdale (Year 9)on landing a role in a Christmas feature film which is to include a voiceover by Hollywoodstar Liam Neeson. I dont think that was an exception. I almost laughed. If you were to give advice to someone who was going through terrible adversity, how would you tell them to survive? How dare you? I just got down in the position for the ropes and he said, You have no right to take the ropes. I knew I was getting him screwed up. Also learn how He earned most of Jim Stockdale networth? "I mean, Alecoe comes from Killybegs. Stockdale's decorations and awards include: Stockdale's official Medal of Honor citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while senior naval officer in the Prisoner of War camps of North Vietnam. Its in all the books. Academically, he ranked 130th among 821 graduates in his class. If you had a message for Stockdale, he would know that he had a message in the bottle. I had to get it up and say, Im going to eject.. [5] After fighting a running gun and torpedo battle, in which Maddox fired over 280 5-inch (130mm) shells, and the torpedo boats expended their 6 torpedoes (all misses) and hundreds of rounds of 14.5mm machine gun fire; the combatants broke contact. As the torpedo boats turned for their North Vietnamese coastline, four F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft from USSTiconderoga(CV-14) arrived, and immediately attacked the retreating torpedo boats. He was designated a Naval Aviator at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas, in September 1950. The other men you mentioned perished under the same circumstances. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' This is because planning automatically implies a future, and this future is frequently in doubt.". Almost more than anything else because there half of the prison crowd knew that I was out there getting beat up. As far as I know thats true. I had no evidence that there were any PT boats there and I made that clear. They said, Put him in a chair with ropes on his arms and traveling irons for his feet. Traveling irons were what you got so you could go to the bathroom in the night. Collins called this the Stockdale Paradox.[21]. This was an easy day. As historical re-creation goes, the film looks best during outdoor scenes, even when digital mattes are required to extend skylines and reveal smoldering homes devastated by aerial attack (whereas the perfectly lit, amber-haloed interiors have a phonier, more stagebound feel). And we knew we had eight guys that died in the ropes. James Stockdale: Yes. Youre encased in ropes. Not for the reason because I could fly the crusader blindfolded backwards, but I told the skipper, Chuck Loudon, that his exec and he and the whole VMF-212 had done a brilliant job bringing this new weapon into being, and for this last flight before we go into Hong Kong I want you to take all your F-8s we planned on using just about one squadron of them and Im not going to be in an F-8. The spectacular final scene of the movie was the first to be shot, in front of 12,500 people at the switching on of the Christmas lights outside Belfast City Hall. Here I was, crippled. James Stockdale: I dont know. These children have been chosen from over 5,000 others. I was the senior guy there. I had things to do. Youve got to be an actor. [12] In the summer of 1969, he was locked in leg irons in a bath stall and routinely tortured and beaten. South Vietnam was alive with ammunition expenditure. 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