Talk:James Stockdale

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Contents 1 The Main Image 2 Rank 3 Cleanup 4 MILHIST Assessment 5 Morse

[edit] The Main Image

I have to be the nit-picking Marine on this one: His Combat Action Ribbon is on upside-down in the info-box photo. Can we get this fixed?Windyjarhead 07:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I replaced the image. The original can be found here. Windyjarhead 23:06, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rank

The article states he was the highest ranking naval officer held as a Vietnam POW, but doesn't state what that rank was, only that he was promoted several times after his release until his retirement as a vice admiral. Deadlock 13:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I think he was promoted while still in captivity to the rank of Captain. If anyone in the know has a better take on this please speak your piece because I'm not exactly sure. Wikiphyte 13:51, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

If I remember that recent movie about McCain correctly, he was a rear admiral (LH) when he was released. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.117.162.35 (talk) 23:20, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

McCain retired as a CAPT. Windyjarhead (talk) 21:36, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

This article needs serious cleanup. See this minor cleanup for examples of what needs to be done. /Blaxthos 08:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MILHIST Assessment

Please please please add more intext references and citations... this is a brilliantly written article, and I've got to congratulate the editors here. It can very well become a GA class or better, if only you add more citations, and some more text in some parts. I was extremely sad to have given this only a start class rating, because this was one page that really had me reading from start to end. Good Luck. Sniperz11_{C ^@ S} 13:08, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I removed two of the "citation needed" tags since the info is included in one of the online references (Hoover institute).--AveryG (talk) 03:03, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Morse

One of the quotes is described as being part of "a personal letter to Morse". Who is Morse? Google suggests that it might be Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon[1] but I can't find a really really good source, e.g. the New York Times or Time Magazine. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 16:52, 21 April 2008 (UTC)