by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
This biopic chronicles the eight-years downed navy pilot Jim Stockdale spent in a North Vietnamese prison camp. Though he endured torture and sub-human living conditions, Stockdale remained loyal. Even when forced to betray his country on video-tape, Stockdale sent an encoded message by blinking his eyes to let the American authorities know that he had been tortured into a confession. Eventually Stockdale went on to become a US senator.
characteristics
- POW (Prisoner Of War)
- War
- Navy
- Lock-up
- POW-camp
- Prison
- Uncertainty
- Jail
- Imprisonment
- Barnstorming
- Barnstormer
- Brig
- Camp
- Fidelity
- Faithfulness
