Wife of a Future Vice Presidential Candidate Asks for Help
In this 1969 letter, Mrs. James Stockdale, co-founder of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, asked Bob Hope to speak out on his television shows about “Hanoi’s inhumane treatment” of POWs. Her husband (1923–2005), a POW from 1965 until 1973, later ran for vice-president as the running mate of Ross Perot (b. 1930) . POWs learned of Hope’s actions on their behalf and were deeply appreciative.
In this 1969 letter, Mrs. James Stockdale, co-founder of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, asked Bob Hope to speak out on his television shows about “Hanoi’s inhumane treatment” of POWs. Her husband (1923–2005), a POW from 1965 until 1973, later ran for vice-president as the running mate of Ross Perot (b. 1930) . POWs learned of Hope’s actions on their behalf and were deeply appreciative.