Sid Stockdale’s father, Admiral James Stockdale, was shot down during a bombing mission over Vietnam in 1965. Stockdale, then a Naval Aviator, would spend nearly eight years in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison, suffering torture and deprivation. He was the highest-ranking Navy officer POW in Vietnam. James Stockdale’s wife, Sybil Stockdale, would found the … Continue reading Sid Stockdale “A World Apart – Growing Up Stockdale During Vietnam, A Memoir” (video)