James Stockdale

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties.

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders.

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 at the same time, bending you double.

I went to a school in N.Y. that is conceptual and interdisciplinary and modeled after Cal Arts. It is not just painting or sculpture; it was everything mixed together.

I just had an idea that went right over my head.

New Yorkers should know that no one in the Administration, at the Department of Defense, or at the Selective Service System is advocating the reinstatement of the mandatory draft in any form.