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181003-N-WD117-011 NEWPORT, R.I. (Oct. 3, 2018) James B. Stockdale II speaks to a group of military students at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Stockdale spoke about the behind-the-scenes family impact of the seven years that his father, the late Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale, spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. The historical photograph in the background shows Sybil Stockdale accepting the Legion of Merit with Combat V medal on behalf of her husband aboard the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV 34) on Feb. 22, 1966. James Stockdale II was 15 at the time and is the oldest of the four boys in the picture. (U.S. Navy photo by Jaima Fogg/Released)
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