Chapter Eleven: Go Public

  1.     Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 306.

  2.     Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 110, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  3.     Frank Sieverts to Brigadier General Leo Benade, February 6, 1969, folder 7, PEGP.

  4.     Dale Van Atta, With Honor: Melvin Laird in War, Peace and Politics (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 207.

  5.     Richard Capen, untitled autobiography, n.d., collection of Richard Capen.

  6.     Sybil Stockdale, oral history interview with Steven L. Smith, June 8, 2000, 3, in Smith, “Reluctant Sorority”; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 307.

  7.     Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 306–7.

  8.     Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 111, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  9.     Ibid.; Karen Butler, in conversation with the author, January 27, 2017.

  10.   Richard Capen, in conversation with the author, January 18, 2016.

  11.   Van Atta, With Honor, 207.

  12.   Ibid.

  13.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 113, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  14.   Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 308.

  15.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 114, box 11, folder 22, SBSP; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 308.

  16.   Van Atta, With Honor, 208.

  17.   Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 308; Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 114, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  18.   Look covers: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, March 18, 1969; Smothers Brothers, May 27, 1969; Mia Farrow, August 26, 1969.

  19.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 115–16, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  20.   Karen Butler to Sybil Stockdale, July 1, 1969, collection of Karen Butler.

  21.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 116, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  22.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 117–23, box 11, folder 22, SBSP; McDaniel, After the Hero’s Welcome, 63; folders 4–7, PEGP.

  23.   Judy Klemesrud, “Navy Wives Who Find Comfort in Sharing a Common Bond,” New York Times, August 25, 1970, collection of Louise Mulligan.

  24.   Jack Kestner, “POW Mail Less After Bomb Halt,” Ledger-Star (Norfolk, VA), June 9, 1969, B1, collection of Sean Mulligan.

  25.   Louise Mulligan to Phyllis Galanti, August 18, 1969, folder 7, PEGP.

  26.   Rochester and Kiley, Honor Bound, 347.

  27.   Ward and Burns, Vietnam War, 423.

  28.   Ibid.

  29.   Rochester and Kiley, Honor Bound, 373–75.

  30.   Powell, Covert Cadre, 39; “A Chosen Few Tread a Productive Path,” Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA), June 16, 1970, B7, collection of Max Friedman. Multiple attempts were made to interview Cora Weiss; she refused all requests.

  31.   “Woman Here Uses Peace Group’s Aid,” article from unidentified Richmond, VA, newspaper, February 12, 1971, collection of Max Friedman.

  32.   Cindy Parmenter, “Wives of Missing Military Keep [text missing],” Denver Post, September 28, 1969, collection of Helene Knapp.

  33.   Joan Pollard, in conversation with the author, April 24, 2018.

  34.   Sybil Stockdale to government officials, n.d., SBSP; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 318.

  35.   Rochester and Kiley, Honor Bound, 173–76; Ward and Burns, Vietnam War, 408–9; Gerald F. Goodwin, “Black and White in Vietnam,” New York Times, July 18, 2017.

  36.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 125, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  37.   Andrea Rander, in conversation with the author, May 7, 2018.

  38.   Unidentified newspaper article, n.d., collection of Louise Mulligan.

  39.   Andrea Rander, in conversation with the author, June 29, 2018.

  40.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 130, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  41.   Ibid.; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 322.

  42.   Andrea Rander, in conversation with the author, June 29, 2018.

  43.   Sybil Stockdale to Louise Mulligan (“Dear Wives and Families of the MIA and POW, En Route to California”), October 11, 1969, 2, collection of Louise Mulligan.

  44.   Unidentified newspaper article, n.d., collection of Louise Mulligan.

  45.   Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 320–23; Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 128–31, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  46.   Andrea Rander, in conversation with the author, June 29, 2018.

  47.   Thomas, Being Nixon, 237.

  48.   Van Atta, With Honor, 182–84.

  49.   Thomas, Being Nixon, 240.

  50.   Ibid., 242.

  51.   Van Atta, With Honor, 230.

  52.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 135, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  53.   Joan Pollard, in conversation with the author, April 24, 2018; Gene Birkhead, “90 Words from POW-Husband: Woman Receives Letter,” Colorado Springs Sun, November 14, 1970, collection of Helene Knapp.

  54.   Van Atta, With Honor, 211.

  55.   Dr. Luke Nichter, in conversation with the author, April 25, 2018.

  56.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 138, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  57.   Richard M. Nixon, “Remarks of the President Following a Meeting with Wives and Mothers of Prisoners of War and of Servicemen Missing in Action,” December 12, 1969, SBSP.

  58.   Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 366.