Quote by: James Stockdale

They were heading out to the middle of the bay - the Gulf - that's another thing that became kind of standard practice, we didn't hurry the destroyers around the beach any more, when it got dark, we'd take 'em out thirty or forty miles out in the middle of the Tonkin Gulf.


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  • NameJames Stockdale
  • DescriptionUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
  • BornDecember 23, 1923
  • DiedJuly 5, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionOfficer
  • AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross; Bronze Star Medal; Legionnaire Of Legion Of Merit; Medal Of Honor; Purple Heart; Air Medal; Silver Star