Author: James Stockdale

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There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power.

- James Stockdale

Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so helpless to this business of not having any papers. That seems like a throwback to a schoolboy.

Yeah. I mean, it just seemed to me that it was - I felt so helpless to this business of not having any papers. That seems like a throwback to a schoolboy.

- James Stockdale

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

- James Stockdale

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.

I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't.

- James Stockdale

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam.

- James Stockdale

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

- James Stockdale

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