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nOn September 9, 1965, I flew at 500 knots right into a flak trap, at tree-top level, in a little A-4 airplane--the cockpit walls not even three feet apart--which I couldnt steer after it was on fire, its control system shot out. After ejection I had about thirty seconds to make my last statement in freedom before I landed in the main street of a little village right ahead. And so help me, I whispered to myself: five years down there, at least. Im leaving the world of technology and entering the world of Epictetus What Epictetus told] his students was that there can be no such thing as being the victim of another. You can only be a victim of yourself. Its all how you discipline your mind. nWhen physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdales early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but all converge on the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of adversity. nWhen physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdales early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but all converge on the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of adversity. nWhen physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdales early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but all converge on the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of adversity. nWhen physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdales early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but all converge on the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of adversity. nWhen physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdales early retirement from military life, he had the disti
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