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Vice Admiral
James B. Stockdale
The highest-ranking naval officer held during the Vietnam War, he was tortured fifteen times and put in leg irons for two years.
PIVOTAL MOMENTS
Phil Morrison VF-51
Phil Morrison in 1963, at 17 joins the Navy to be with his brother in Fighter Squadron VF-51.
The leader was Commander James Bond Stockdale. He was a P.O.W., and later earned the “Congressional Medal Of Honor”. Stockdale and Morrison shared some unique experiences and a “Night in History” leading up to the escalation of the Vietnam war.
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Underway off San Diego, California, after departing Naval Air Station, North Island, for her final Western Pacific deployment, 17 May 1972. |
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The "Cat Shot" of LT Shulte's A3D-2 Skywarrior. |
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Refueling from USS Ashtabula (AO-51), while operating off the coast of Vietnam, circa early 1966. Although seas were running very high, the ships completed replenishment and Ticonderoga received 175,000 gallons of black oil.
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| F-8E Crusader of VF-51 is launched from USS_Ticonderoga(CVA-14)in July 1965. |
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VF-53 F-8E 149187 on board the TICONDEROGA on 9-24-65. The folded wings show the yellow and black wing tip trim. The name LCDR C. B. BAILEY Is painted below the canopy rail on a yellow background. |
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A-4 "Skyhawk" landing on board, after a simulated strike on "enemy" forces during an operational readiness inspection, 18 January 1963. An A-3B "Sky Warrior" and F-3 "Demon" are parked on the carrier's after flight deck, and another A-3 is in the upper left distance, making its landing approach. |
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USS Ticonderoga CVA-14 underway 10 November, 1967. |
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CVA-14 A3D-2 of VAH-4 Det.B departing from USS Ticonderoga (August 1961) |
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