Stockdale's given names – "James Bond" – are unrelated to James Bond, the hero of Ian Fleming's spy novels. Fleming had never heard of Stockdale when he coined the name long after the latter's birth («Navy Hero: James Bond in His Own Right». The Pittsburgh Press. 16 de agosto de 1977. p. 9. Consultado em 14 de março de 2017 – via Newspapers.com).
