ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Retired Navy Vice Adm. James Stockdale, one of the country's most decorated Vietnam War veterans and a one-time vice presidential candidate, was buried Saturday at the Naval Academy.
About 500 people, including several Medal of Honor recipients and fellow former prisoners of war, attended the funeral for Stockdale, who died on July 5 at his home in Coronado, Calif. Stockdale, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was 81.
The 12 honorary pall bearers included Arizona Sen. John McCain, also a Naval Academy graduate and POW during the Vietnam War, and Texas billionaire Ross Perot, the third-party presidential candidate who chose Stockdale as his running mate during his run for the White House in 1992.