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James B. Stockdale

Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale was awarded the Medal of Honor after spending more than seven years in an infamous North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp during the Vietnam War. On September 9, 1965, Stockdale ejected from his crippled A-4 Skyhawk. Upon landing, a mob of infuriated villagers severely beat him. Enemy soldiers then transported Stockdale to the feared “Hanoi Hilton,” where Stockdale refused to cooperate with his captors and was caught encouraging other POWs to do the same. Because of his defiance, the guards transferred Stockdale to another cell block where he frequently endured torture. Stockdale remains the only three-star admiral to have worn both aviator wings and the Medal of Honor.



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  1. Israel may as well get their armed forces ready! Biden is going to have a giveaway/firesale of the US when he gets in. Almost tempted to pray for him to die! But instead praying for him to somehow survive 4 years so the Ho doesn’t take over!!!!!!!! If the Ho does we may all be living in grass huts! Biden better make sure his secret service detail keeps him alive (not let Obammer or the Ho get him “erased”!)

    Or maybe we’ll have civil war number two?

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