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Captain James Stockdale
After Being Released as a Prisoner of War
1973

National Archives Catalog

A hero returns home, Navy Vice Admiral James B.
Stockdale (upper right) returns home in 1973 after more
than seven years of captivity in North Vietnam.
Stockdale (then a captain) was tortured and endured
four years of solitary confinement at the hands of his
captors. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for “his
willingness to give up his life rather than
capitulate.”