Sybil stockdale biography

  • Sybil Elizabeth Stockdale was an American campaigner for families of Americans missing in South East Asia.
  • In their book, In Love and War,Vice Admiral Jim Stockdale and his wife Sybil wrote about their lives during the eight years Jim was a prisoner of war in.
  • Sybil Bailey Stockdale (1924-2015) was the wife of Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, United States Navy, and Prisoner of war in North Vietnam, 1965-1973.

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    League of Wives

    The League of Wives of American Vietnam Prisoners of War was an organization founded in 1967 initially intended for sharing information and support among the wives of POW and MIA soldiers during the Vietnam War. The league was founded by Sybil Stockdale, the wife of detained American soldier James (Jim) Stockdale.[1] Although its initial aim of the league was to provide support for its members,[2] the league's wives were inspired to take action to ensure the safe return of POW and MIA Americans in Vietnam after being left discontented by the US military when it could not effectively provide families with the statuses or conditions of their relatives. The letters sent and meetings held by the league with military officials throughout the latter half of the Vietnam War attracted some animosity and significant media attention.[3]

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    The League of Wives was established in April 1966.[4] Initially inspired by a let

  • sybil stockdale biography

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    Bib ID:
    2606803
    Format:
    Book
    Author:
    Stockdale, James B
    Edition:
    1st ed.
    Description:
    • New York : Harper & Row, c1984
    • viii, 472 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
    ISBN:
    0060153180
    Notes:
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Subject:
    Other authors/contributors:
    Stockdale, Sybil
    Copyright:

    In Copyright

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    Published status:
    Published

    Publication date:
    1984

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    In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years

    This compelling story of a Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient and his family was widely praised when the original edition of the book was published in 1984. In this updated edition, Jim and Sybil Stockdale continue their story to let readers know what has happened in the eventful years since Jim's release from a Hanoi prison in 1973. Refusing to rest on past accomplishments or to be used as mere figureheads, they have remained as committed and outspoken as ever, their actions often headline news. Here they reveal the stories behind the news, including Jim's hasty departure as president of the Citadel, the filming of the movie adaptation of In Love and War, and politics as practiced in the navy and on the campus of a major university.