Chapter Fourteen: Here Comes Your Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown

  1.     “Wives of Missing Men in SEA Open Office Here, Set Objectives,” Commander’s Digest 8, no. 15 (July 11, 1970): 1, 5–7, Jeremiah Denton CACO file, collection of Mike Denton.

  2.     Franklin, M.I.A., 53.

  3.     Dr. Henry Kissinger, in conversation with the author, October 15, 2015.

  4.     “National League of Families Summary: Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws,” 1–2, REDASC.

  5.     McDaniel, After the Hero’s Welcome, 73.

  6.     Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 153–54, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  7.     List of regions served by National League of Families, n.d., box 4, SBSP; National League of Families materials, July 6, 1972, collection of Sallie Stratton.

  8.     Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 155, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  9.     Ibid.

  10.   Sybil Stockdale, oral history interview with Steven L. Smith, June 17, 2000, 4, in Smith, “Reluctant Sorority.”

  11.   James R. McGovern, Black Eagle (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1985), by 125–36.

  12.   Ralph Novak, “General ‘Chappie’ James Is the Boss of America’s ‘Defense Business’ and Its Four-Star Salesman,” People, July 18, 1977.

  13.   McGovern, Black Eagle, 125.

  14.   Sybil Stockdale, oral history interview with Steven L. Smith, June 8, 2000, 2, in Smith, “Reluctant Sorority.”

  15.   Sallie Stratton, in conversation with the author, September 7, 2017.

  16.   McGovern, Black Eagle, 137; interview with MIA wife who wishes to remain anonymous.

  17.   Franklin, M.I.A., 54.

  18.   “Write Hanoi Group Gets 100,000 Letters May Extend Drive,” “Bring Paul Home” scrapbook, PEGP; McDaniel, After the Hero’s Welcome, 72.

  19.   “Holland, Jerome Heartwell (1916–1985),” BlackPast.org, accessed February 10, 2017, http://www.blackpast.org/aah/holland-jerome-heartwell-1916-1985; Joan Cook, “Jerome Holland, Former U.S. Envoy,” obituary, New York Times, January 14, 1985.

  20.   Senator Robert Dole to Olof Palme, telegram, June 5, 1970, folder 11, Section 1, PEGP.

  21.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 156, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  22.   Phyllis Galanti to Senator Robert Dole, June 18, 1970, REDASC.

  23.   Richmond News Leader article, n.d. (June 1970?), collection of Judi Clifford.

  24.   Judi Clifford, in conversation with the author, September 19–20, 2016.

  25.   McDaniel, After the Hero’s Welcome, 71.

  26.   Jane Maury Denton diary, September 17, 1970, JJDPC.

  27.   Ibid., October 26, 1970.

  28.   Vice Admiral Charles K. Duncan, Chief of Naval Personnel, to POW wives, April 6, 1970, Jeremiah Denton CACO file, collection of Mike Denton.

  29.   Jeremiah, directed by Mark Fastoso (Birmingham: Alabama Public Television, 2015).

  30.   Admiral E. R. Zumwalt Jr., Chief of Naval Operations, to Jane Denton, October 12, 1970, Jeremiah Denton CACO file, collection of Mike Denton.

  31.   Jane Maury Denton diary, October 7 and 13, 1970, JJDPC.

  32.   Ibid., October 22, 1970.

  33.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 157, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  34.   Patsy Crayton, in conversation with the author, July 22, 2016.

  35.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 157, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  36.   Patsy Crayton, in conversation with the author, July 22, 2016.

  37.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 172–73, box 11, folder 22, SBSP; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 386.

  38.   Patsy Crayton, in conversation with the author, July 22, 2016; unidentified Colorado Springs Advertiser and News article, A-19, collection of Helene Knapp.

  39.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 161, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  40.   Ibid., 162; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 377–8.

  41.   Emails with Karen Butler, March 28–29, 2018.

  42.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 162, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  43.   Jane Maury Denton Diary, November 14, 1970.

  44.   Sybil Stockdale, oral history interview with Steven L. Smith, June 17, 2000, 6, in Smith, “Reluctant Sorority.”

  45.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 163, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  46.   Townley, Defiant, 303–4, 321.

  47.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 167, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  48.   Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 382; Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 175, box 11, folder 22, SBSP.

  49.   “A Tradition of Service,” exhibit panel in The League of Wives: Vietnam’s POW/MIA Allies & Advocates exhibit, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, March 23–December 9, 2018.

  50.   John Herzog, comments at panel discussion, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, opening event for The League of Wives exhibition, March 24, 2018.

  51.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 173, box 11, folder 22, SBSP; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 386.

  52.   Dr. Henry Kissinger, in conversation with the author, October 15, 2015.

  53.   Sybil Stockdale diary, n.d., 172–73, box 11, folder 22, SBSP; Stockdale and Stockdale, In Love and War, 384–86.