Commanding Quote by James Stockdale Download Open image “I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.” — James Stockdale ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Commanding Commanding Officer Fighter Fighter Squadron Officer Officer Supersonic Officers Squadron Crusaders Supersonic Fighter
I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
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I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I… — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
And so, I mean, he declared war right there and then in so many words and Alex says later in the book, nobody in… — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain… — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties. — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
On the eighteenth of December 1972, when we thought we were getting another of the hundreds of little tactical air raids, we heard the… — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
But there were highs as well as lows, it was as though they said everybody was picking on the man who had more practical… — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
We couldn't generalize on the people. Some of them were known to be tough guys and they didn't say much, but some of them… — James Stockdale Copy Share Image
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It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Gen. Commanding, takes this means of informing the people that he has not come among them to disturb them in the enjoyment of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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