John S. McCain Sr.
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McCain's son, naval aviator Lieutenant Commander John S. McCain III, became a prisoner of war in North Vietnam in October 1967, after being shot down and badly injured during a bombing raid over Hanoi.
- Gunnel
Construction and commissioning. Gunnel′s keel was laid down...
- John S. McCain Sr
John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. (9 August 1884 – 6 September...
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Elmo Russell "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. (November 29, 1920 – January...
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Roberta Wright McCain (February 7, 1912 – October 12, 2020)...
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Aug 27, 2018 · His father, John S. McCain, Jr., is a submarine officer who will later rise to the rank of admiral and become commander in chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific during much of the Vietnam War.
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Graduating from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1931, Rear Admiral McCain served aboard USS S-45, S-34 and R-13 from 1933-38; commanded USS Skipjack, USS 0-8, Gunnel, and Dentuda prior to, during, and subsequent to World War II; he later commanded Submarine Divisions 71 and 51 and Submarine Squadron 6.
[†††] In 1944-45, as a vice admiral, McCain commanded Task Force 38 in the Pacific under Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., USN, who commanded the Third Fleet. Admiral McCain Jr. (right) and his father in Tokyo Bay at the end of World War II.
Aug 25, 2018 · John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a...
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Mar 24, 1981 · Adm. John S. McCain Jr., a former commander in chief of Pacific forces in the Vietnam War and a World War II hero, died yesterday of a heart attack while on a military aircraft returning from...
John S. McCain, Jr. John McCain was born on January 17, 1911, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1931, and served aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma (BB-37) in the Pacific for his first assignment.
