Sybil Stockdale

Sybil Stockdale was the wife of Rear Admiral James Stockdale, one of the United States' most honored and storied military veterans in the post-WWII era, present at the fictional August 4 1964 Gulf of Tonkin event, who spent 7-1/2 years as a POW in North Vietnam under torture, later headed The Citadel, and eventually ran for Vice-President of the United States with Ross Perot heading the ticket.

Related Topics:
James Stockdale - United States - WWII - 1964 - Gulf of Tonkin - POW - North Vietnam - The Citadel - Ross Perot

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Sybil's story is important because she helped publicize the mistreatment of US prisoners by North Vietnam. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College.

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