Unseen valor: The League of Wives Memorial Project on Military Spouse Appreciation Day
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When Navy Vice Admiral Stockdale was imprisoned at the Hanoi Hilton in 1965, he was not forgotten by one woman. We honor her and her peers this Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
Naval aviator Vice Admiral James Stockdale’s plane was shot down in late 1965 alongside countless others service members imprisoned at the Hỏa Lò Prison, referred to as the "Hanoi Hilton" by its American inhabitants. Photo of Sybil, wife of James Bond Stockdale, as founder of National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, w. President Nixon; used in Stockdale's autobiography on experience "In Love And War." (Kim Komenich/Getty Images, File) James Stockdale and wife attend the premiere of "In Love and War" on March 3, 1987, at the Director's Guild Theater in Hollywood, California. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images, File) At a pre-dinner reception, President Nixon shakes hands greets former North Vietnamese prisoner of war Navy Capt. John McCain, Washington D.C., May 24, 1973. (White House Photo Office/PhotoQuest/Getty Images, File) Jasmine is a Freelance Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com
A sisterhood led by Sybil Stockdale, the wife of the vice admiral and mother of four, emerged from the tragedy of war.
They called themselves "The League of Wives," and fought against the era’s social mores and the "Keep Quiet" policy to help bring their husbands and ultimately almost 600 service members back home. Using methods supplied by both naval intelligence and their own wit, these "waiting wives" sent letters to their husbands at the Hanoi Hilton using coded messages and invisible ink.
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