It wasnt happy, but I shut down that torture system and they never wanted it brought up again. The next morning the door squeaks open and I look out and its the commissar himself. Why was it like that? They said, They werent in a central government. Having programmed all manner of age-appropriate screenings in her 13-year tenure, Burney Keatings was struck by the thought that just maybe the time was ripe for the organisation to take a deep breath and make its own movie. But he said, You will not stay here. There was an old privy outside, and we had this signal system. Aside from your own personal sacrifice, how do you look back on it? Where did you go to college? He said, The revolution is my college. Stockdale retired to Coronado, California, as he slowly succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. I was given a lot of times in the ropes in Room 18, which is the main torture chamber of Hoe Lo prison. They had already signed it and (President) Johnson had withheld it. I had to call planes in to refuel us about half way and we did that and we landed about dark. Its a brilliantly sunny, bitingly cold day in the glens of Antrim. It was terribly frustrating because I remember I started with, "Who am I? The Stockdale Paradox is a concept that was popularized by Jim Collins in his book Good to Great. They werent sure the war was going to last, but it came down from on high, Pull no punches.. Recognized by his captors as the leader in the Prisoners' of War resistance to interrogation and in their refusal to participate in propaganda exploitation, Rear Adm. Stockdale was singled out for interrogation and attendant torture after he was detected in a covert communications attempt. James Stockdale: It was in 67. We blew the oil storage tanks of them off the map. James Stockdale: The next night, Monday night, I had gone up to see the two destroyers. That was a big screw-up. I was on his side. Dom-dom-dom-dom, thats G. B, dom-dom-dom: B. Oh, no. Naval Academy; the hall which houses the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. 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). Admiral, wouldnt that make you an easy target for ground fire? Wed left about 1:00 oclock. But, a lot of high ranking officers doubted that in my company because of the need for them. 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. Everything is clear. He won. Drawing strength from principles of stoic philosophy, Stockdale heroically resisted. He came to acting via an unconventional route and says that he knows better than most how precious that first screen credit is. We were a good freshman football team. Its not so much the location, its someplace in Hanoi where youre going to talk about politics and nothing else. And who knows whats going to happen? He lettered in football, basketball and track, won a regional piano competition, and graduated second in his high school class. But for the past week the harbourside car park has been full of trucks, vans, Portakabins and people carriers. In July 2008, a statue of him was erected in front of Luce Hall at the U.S. I opened. There were probably about 15 airplanes that were going out to shoot rockets at a towed spar that the ship would be towing. But the role of Pat's son Junior, who was raised in the US, could have been written for him. He was portrayed in the media as elderly and confused, and his reputation never recovered. Stockdale filed charges against two other officers (Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Edison W. Miller and Navy Captain Walter E. "Gene" Wilber) who, he felt, had given aid and comfort to the enemy. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Tomas is the friend of Jenny Joyce and hes quite witty and funny and theres a lot of jokes between me and James on the show.. Stockdale was the most senior naval officer held captive in Hanoi, North Vietnam. She thought that was wonderful that I was making fun of that leg business. Then came Downton and the challenging role that has put him on a whole new footing. I said to myself, God, maybe Im the problem here instead of the solution. I had said, Heres my orders. All probably between 18 and 24. He graduated as a naval officer in 1946 and flew as a pilot from. Do we cut off their heads or do we You never knew what was going to happen. Stockdale's given names--"James Bond"--are unrelated to. 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 gave them a problem like theyd never had before and they solved it by backing off. I was teaching aircraft performance and others would teach stability and control and a lot of things. A willing player, but not an instigator. He has returned from across the Atlantic a wealthy man, with a teenage son in tow. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". I dont know but I know Ive got to my hands I had run out of ideas and I had to explore the future. James Stockdale is a British actor who is best known for his work on TV and on stage performing throughout his native country. It's good to be informed, but it's also OK to cut back if it's making things harder. Together with the core cast and the trainee crew members we brought in 50 young extras as well as the huge crowd outside Belfast City Hall. James Stockdale: We had some smart guys that were shot down ahead of me. Youve got to go dum-da-da-dum-dum, made an American sound, and when the guy says dum-dum that means go. That was the headquarters prison of the whole country of North Vietnam so they had offices and they had everything you can expect. (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.). They would send these counterculture guys over to pick up the people that applied for the amnesty. War Hero Born in Illinois #3. Pete brings Mickey along on the elephant-liberating heist, providing a gentle lesson (for the characters and young audiences alike) in overcoming prejudice while supplying a note of unpredictability to the otherwise overly safe narrative. James Stockdale, seated, with production crew and fellow actors from Delicate Things, a new short film. What happened next? Seven years ago it was set up in Dublin; five years ago in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. JimCollins.com. Your blood is not circulating. We called it Alcatraz, ALCZ was the abbreviation. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. James Stockdale: I dont know. Stockdale disliked the glare of publicity and partisan politics, but throughout the campaign he comported himself with the same integrity and dignity that marked his entire career. We read that during a torture session you went through, you heard the message tapped out: God bless you, James Stockdale.. The young people have felt safe with each other and have worked so well together in an environment which encourages mutual support. They always start out the same. Its kind of the student union, so Im certainly part of their alumni. Stockdale wound up in Hoa Lo Prison the infamous Hanoi Hilton where he spent the next seven years under unimaginably brutal conditions. "It was unforgettable," says Anne Haughey, mother of 11-year-old Alecoe Haughey, from Co Donegal. Born on , 1997, James Stockdale hails from London, United Kingdom. We would strafe and bomb this factory or whatever. You can die or you can submit. The ground-breaking film production aims to engage with hundreds of young people, marking the beginning of a year of Cinemagics 25th Anniversary celebrations. ", when responding to a request for an opening statement from debate moderator, Hal Bruno, the political director of ABC News. [14], Early in Stockdale's captivity, his wife, Sybil Stockdale, organized The League of American Families of POWs and MIAs, with other wives of servicemen who were in similar circumstances. Trickier still, the film hinges on a seemingly cruel edict, issued by the British Ministry of Public Security, ordering the destruction of 33 potentially dangerous animals housed by the Belfast Zoo, for fear that they might get loose during the Belfast blitz of 1941. The impact of the proposed 50 per cent funding cuts will be far reaching, with a minimum of 20,000 young people being affected, she says. War . By The Newsroom 5th Oct 2016, 9:38am Updated 25th Oct 2016, 8:11pm Wed made a number of very successful short films, and I thought, Why not take it to the next stage? she says. Mental torture was incessant. I cant say. In 1984, Stockdale and his wife Sybil co-authored In Love and War: the Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam War, which was published by Harper and Row. Admiral Stockdale was born on December 23, 1923 in Abingon, Illinois. 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. James Stockdale: I thought it was magnificent. What had happened was, that morning on the ship they had had kind of a strange announcement before they got everybody in the ready rooms and told them you should know that theres a certain type of counter to the North Vietnamese seagoing traffic. 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. Throughout Stockdales captivity, his wife Sybil campaigned for respectful treatment for the families of all POWs by founding the League of Families. 20-year-old James Stockdale from Dungannon appeared as Jenny Joyce's friend Tomas in the last episode of the hit series on Tuesday. Rear Adm. Stockdale's valiant leadership and extraordinary courage in a hostile environment sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. He lived in Oklahoma and I lived in Illinois. James Stockdale: God bless you, Jim Stockdale. 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. Capricorns. Everyone, including you, is doing the best they can. War Heroes. That wasnt the dominant thing that was going on, but as I thought back over it this is whats behind it. I dont think anything is more pointedly attributable to prisoners than that. So I was alone, and then there were two A-4s behind me, and later in the night some more planes came down there. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. I was commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 51, and I had the problem at first of getting air-to-ground equipment for my planes, because some of the hotshot fighter pilots had said, We now have the plane that can outrun every other airplane in the military, so lets be sure and not put rocket rails and bomb racks on these planes, because thatll slow them down.. James Stockdale: Yes, sometimes. He punched out, watching his plane slam into a rice paddy and explode in a fireball. And the way it was done was to get a long iron bar and shackle your legs to it, and then the man on the back would start weaving ropes through your arms to bend them backwards. I was completely out of communication there. He is perhaps best-known for starring in the late 1960's TV western Lancer. cm. I took 18 airplanes. They were A-4s and F-8s. I had about five within one real short period. 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. 20-year-old James Stockdale from Dungannon appeared as Jenny Joyces friend Tomas in the last episode of the hit series on Tuesday. 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. 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. 6) ISBN -8179-3692- 1. Finally I dont know the time of night, maybe 3 or 4 in the morning they brought in a cot, and then they brought in a chair and they put a soldier in the chair, and he put the rifle across his knees, and they let me lie in the bed with a pillow and I passed out. Even in the intelligence community, nobody disputes it now. Along with 17 others including future astronaut John Glenn he made the cut. Cinemagic actor James Stockdale shares industry secrets with arts students at the Burnavon Cookstown's South West College performing arts students were treated to an inside industry view when actor James Stockdale and Cinemagic visited them this week. You cannot accept a favor. We were in the army headquarters. James Stockdale: Yeah. In Heartbreak Hotel a lot of prisoners only had access to this showerhead that was in a regular cell with two cement seats or beds. We were in the parlor car and I was sitting there listening to a three-star Admiral telling about his adventures up to that point. His tenure there was short and stormy as he found himself at odds with the college's board as well as most of its administration, by proposing radical changes to the college's military system and other facets of the college. So if you had cells next to each other, you did this on the wall? Although this is his first film role, James is no stranger to the stage, having starred in are the Bardic Theatres productions of Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Wicked, Grease and Hairspray, as well as the hugely successful From Bardic to Broadway, which is currently in rehearsals for a sequel to be staged early next year. But by the time they got back my eyes were closed and there was no question about it. America and Jim Stockdale were at war. They were getting me put back in the bath stall and somebody had a wet towel and he was snapping it. The scene-stealer here is James Stockdale, who plays Pete's brother Mickey, a not-quite-three-foot teen with an unspecified disability and preternatural charm (he gets all the film's best. I laughed to myself. James added he was as surprised as anyone to get the call about making an appearance in the series. One beautifully orchestrated air-raid scene featuring iconic shots that would be right at home in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp or Atonement may be a bit intense for younger audiences, as is the death of a key character, although as long as the elephant survives, the kids should be OK. Admiral, did your captors know immediately that you were the commanding officer? It was the quarterback sack of the century. They tore off his clothes and beat him mercilessly. He was previously married to Sybil Stockdale. An unflattering recreation of the moment on Saturday Night Live later that week, with Phil Hartman as Stockdale, cemented a public perception of Stockdale as slow-witted. But, then the second time he says, I think Im going to try to get it under you. Id had experience; sometimes therell be a man in good communication with you, and you had some sort of a maybe a religious experience, maybe an inspirational thought and you get on the wall and you start giving that stuff to him, tapping him on the wall. He 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 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. I put in for destroyers, and I was joined by my best friend in the Naval Academy, Bill Crowe. [28], Perot eventually re-entered the race in the fall of 1992, with Stockdale still in place as the vice presidential nominee. Bob Shoemaker was one of them and Smitty Harris was another one. Here I was, crippled. Nobody could see me. Stockdale was a member of the board of directors of the Rockford Institute, and he was a frequent contributor to Chronicles: A magazine of American Culture. In 1954, Stockdale applied for Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, Maryland. He had no formal preparation for the debate, unlike his opponents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, and did not discuss any political issues with Perot beforehand.[28]. This little engine is right there. Yes, there have been difficult days, but you have to believe in your vision, take the knocks and never lose sight of the bigger picture. The history books tell us that in the last two wars North Vietnam has fought, namely against the French and then the Americans, they have never repatriated a single prisoner with an amputated limb. John Glenn was in the class and we became friends immediately, and I hadnt flown jets yet. They did that, and then we were sitting there in the ready room and they say, At midnight, L.B. It's amazing to be a part of such a worldwide success story. Robert James-Collier who plays 'baddie' property developer Patrick McKerrod in A Christmas Star Some of the young cast who star in the festive movie A Christmas Star A scene from A Christmas Star When he was beating me up, he was being heard by about 200 Americans who were living in cells three deep all around that area, and it was dark. 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. I had a feeling that ever since Id started this self-defacement they had a suicide watch on me. You look him up and tell him what you want for Crusader armament. I found Hap. In 1973, when I was waiting with a fort of other people in North Vietnam to get the American air transports to bring us out, a message came in to the American contingent and it said, Save 300 seats for the Laos prisoners. When it all boiled down, nine guys showed up. Ho Chi Minh died last night and were in mourning. Well, Id anticipated that. On September 9, 1965, Stockdale catapulted his A-4 Skyhawk off the flight deck of the USS Oriskany on what turned out to be his final mission over North Vietnam. I went to him and he said, What do you want on the Crusaders? And I said, I want eight Zunis on either side. It was named after James Stockdale, former vice presidential candidate, naval officer and Vietnam . Jim Stockdale (James Bond Stockdale) was born on 23 December, 1923 in Abingdon, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Writer, Stunts. The four F-8 pilots reported scoring no hits with their Zuni rockets, but reported hits on all three torpedo boats with their 20 mm cannon. He and my mother got married in 1919. Ive always been a fan of the show and being from Northern Ireland myself I have an enormous attachment to the show.". [29][30] Initially, the rhetorical questions drew applause from the audience. Entrepreneur. [3] His first assignment was assistant gunnery officer aboard the destroyer minesweeper USSCarmick(DD-493) from June to October 1946. Phil Hartman. Every move you make, youve got to have it conform to an imaginary man youve made up in your mind, particularly with the senior people. We blew those tanks off the wall. James Stockdale: Air Group Commander. They have fresh pilots in them that just had something to eat, and then we have two pilots down below that get up in the second two if they go. Tomorrow is the day we bring you down. That meant I would succumb. They have a sense of propriety against intruding in other peoples private parts. The captain sent me down here to let you know that he is going to give you a phone call in about ten minutes and hes got a lot of news for you. So, I sat there and the phone rang and Hutch, who I loved hes dead now but he said, Jim, Ive got targets all over North Vietnam that are going to have to attack tomorrow. Line, top line, third letter over. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Personal narr a t i v e s . Were you tortured a lot? KS3 High Level of Achievement and Effort Awards | February 2023. She said, How is your how are your wounds? And I said, Well I cant bend one leg, and I cant raise one arm, but I think the walk kind of gives me a sense of style. And she laughed on that. 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. Id known Hap for years. 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. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. I wouldnt have missed it, but I dont argue about the Vietnam War legitimacy or anything like that. When you say tap, tell us what you mean, and how you communicated with the other prisoners. And so a voice said and I was careless on this. As vice admiral, Stockdale was the president of The Citadel from 1979 to 1980. And then he would push, he would bend you double and stand on your back and he would pull from this angle, giving him better leverage, and then he would findyou know, its about over when you feel the heel of his foot in yourback of your head and he put your nose right on the cement and there you are. Of course, he obeys the captain [of the ship], but everything with wings on it belongs to him. Weve been working for two years to set this up and now that its time to pull the handle and you lose your guts.. James Stockdale: Ive just never studied it enough to know. The clouds were getting lower and it was ominous. They didnt know what they were talking about and thats about as far as I could take it. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Well, then he ran and he got the turnkey and they came in and they got me out and they told me to put my hands up this is the typical prison shakedown position. James Stockdale: Yes. I think he looked through a peephole and saw me in that pool of blood in front of my chair. James Stockdale Fans Also Viewed . Now thats the kind of stuff you have to work with all the time, but even with all that, I could hear boom, boom, boom, boom. That was all there was. And so I said, Ive got to change the status quo, and with that I got off from my traveling irons and went over and shut off the light, pulled back these blankets, and exposing the plate glass window, using the palm of my hand, which was relatively free I had enough freedom there, to get the long shards, pull the curtains back, turn on the light, get back in my chair and sit down and just start going like this. Then we flew right here to the airport at the Navy base. Pump em up, you know? Approaching his target, his plane was riddled with anti-aircraft fire. Joseph Gerard Brennan, FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL OBLIGATION: The Stockdale Course, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 21:55. p . by Mr Hunniford | Oct 21, 2014 | Extra-curricular News. Your job will be waiting for you. Thats when he became familiar with cities and the way people behave in them. James Stockdale: No. And they went out and then they gave me you know, then through that other times Id used other devices. Rob James-Collier, who was born in Salford, in England, is perfectly cast as Pat, given his more familiar on-screen persona as Thomas, the treacherous footman in. The next morning, he was ordered to lead a raid on North Vietnamese oil refineries. She is the only wife of an active-duty officer ever to be so honored. Admiral, Ive read that when you were coming down you had a sense that you were going to be down for at least five years? Because they had been resistance leaders they were separated from other captives and placed in solitary confinement in "Alcatraz", a special facility in a courtyard behind the North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, located about one mile away from Ha L Prison. A, stay off the air, never talk into a tape recorder or a microphone. Unfortunately, Stockdale's self-deprecating attempt to address the public's unfamiliarity with him only reinforced the . Hes got his ducks in line. An old man and an old woman were driving in a junk truck that brought me into Hanoi. Those were eight big tanks. Stockdale suffered a broken leg and paralyzed arm before a military policeman took him into custody. I worked as hard as I could and I stood in about the 15th percentile, starting from the top. 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). James Stockdale. And they would cajole Americans into going downtown. Apart from the works written by Stockdale himself, the following work refers extensively to Stockdale's involvement in the Tonkin Gulf: The following book is based on the series of lectures delivered for the course in moral philosophy established at the Naval War College by Admiral Stockdale in 1978, when Stockdale was president of the college. Maire Campbell, the film's writer, has set her screenplay in the village of Potter's Glen, from where the central character, Pat, left under a cloud, many years previously. Convinced of Stockdales determination to die rather than cooperate, the Communists ceased trying to extract bogus confessions from him. James Stockdale: I just thought that that was the best thing that could happen to me, that I would be a hero in Vietnam. Just conversation, he wasnt giving a speech. After several years they established an amnesty program which was in cahoots with the American left wing. In 1959, the U.S. Navy sent Stockdale to Stanford University, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in international relations in 1962. This was news that never got out. Thats the kind of eccentric animal hoarder Wilton plays here: As if tending a personal zoo from her home, Austin keeps rabbits in her kitchen and hedgehogs in the side table, while feed and fecal matter spill from every conceivable corner of her overstuffed menagerie. Ive received the message. In his words, I flew so low there was salt spray on the windshield, and I still didnt see a thing! But the die was cast. Im starting a war under false pretenses.. [26], Stockdale came to know businessman and presidential candidate Ross Perot through his wife's work in establishing an organization to represent the families of Vietnam POWs. Theres no we to it. After that, everything went like clockwork and I got the paperwork to go to Annapolis. And they all backed off after that happened and then the guy with the police whistle had a pith helmet, and he gave me the motion to stand up and I couldnt get up because this leg was not where it is now but it was right out there. And the voice on the ship said that the Maddox is being chased by four PT boats at 300 plus miles north of here so clean up and get up there and help them out. Stockdale was born in Abingdon, Illinois, on December 23, 1923, the son of Vernon Beard Stockdale (18881964) and Mabel Edith Stockdale (ne Bond; 18891967). He wanted to see the leg, and he had a pan and he jammed needles in here, sucked it out. James Stockdale: It never crossed our mind that anybody would think there was anything you could do but what we were doing. They both had prisoner experiences in survival schools and all. The level of involvement has been incredible. Patrick Roe from Newry says he feels happiest when he is acting and is in a little world of his own. He had to turn his hearing aid on at that debate because those fucking animals knocked his eardrums out when he wouldn't spill his guts. [36][37], Stockdale Center, the student center at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, which he attended prior to transferring to the Naval Academy, was dedicated in his honor in 1989. Thats the only reason to fly, is to fight. C, dont kiss them good-bye when we go home. The Maddox had an instrument which sounds pretty good all you could hear on the radio was the gibberish of the Vietnamese calling this and that, this and that brought into existence, and I didnt know it at that time, a device which he could throw a switch and it instantly translated all that into English. A report will be written. There was even a position for if it was okay. Shot down over North Vietnam in 1965, he endured seven years of captivity as a prisoner of war, one of the longest such ordeals in American history. 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