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Ross Perot's would-be Vice President<p><b>Military service:</b> US Navy (1946-79)<p><b>Father:</b> Vernon Stockdale<br><b>Mother:</b> Mabel Stockdale<br><b>Wife:</b> Sybil Bailey (m. 28-Jun-1947, four sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Jim II<br><b>Son:</b> Sidney<br><b>Son:</b> Stan<br><b>Son:</b> Taylor<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/971/000124599/">Monmouth College (transferred)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/726/000068522/">US Naval Academy (1946)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Stanford University</a><br> Administrator: <a href="/edu/547/000111214/">The Citadel, Charleston, SC</a><br> Teacher: <a href="/edu/958/000119601/">Naval War College</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Stanford University</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/512/000213870/">President's Commission on White House Fellowships</a> <br> <a href="/org/863/000133464/">Academy of Achievement</a> (1976)<br> <a href="/org/493/000049346/">Hoover Institution</a> 1981-<br> <a href="/org/631/000041508/">Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity</a> <br> <a href="/org/490/000049343/">Boy Scouts of America</a> <br> <a href="/org/945/000172429/">McCain 2000</a> <br> <a href="/honors/285/000043156/">Distinguished Flying Cross</a> twice<br> <a href="/honors/282/000043153/">Distinguished Service Medal</a> three times<br> <a href="/honors/033/000048886/">National Aviation Hall of Fame</a> <br> <a href="/honors/056/000043924/">Congressional Medal of Honor</a> <br> <a href="/honors/279/000043150/">Purple Heart</a> twice<br> <a href="/honors/281/000043152/">Silver Star</a> four times<br> <a href="/event/114/000164619/">Taken Prisoner of War</a> <br> <a href="/event/958/000091685/">Tortured</a> Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi, Vietnam (15 times)<br> <a href="/event/633/000064441/">Suicide Attempt</a> Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi, Vietnam Sep-1969<br> <a href="/group/367/000179827/">Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994)</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/279/000128892/">Deafness</a>, <a href="/lists/776/000064584/">Alzheimer's</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/053/000088786/">Return with Honor (3-Oct-1998)</a> <br> <a href="/films/878/000119521/">3rd Degree Burn (28-May-1989)</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>A Vietnam Experience</i> (<tt>1985</tt>, nonfiction)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22903"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=22903">James Stockdale</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=22903" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>