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Early years and education Family heritage McCain's grandfather "Slew" (left) and father "Jack" on board a U.S. Navy ship in Tokyo Bay, c. September 2, 1945. John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, at a United States Navy hospital at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, which at that time was considered to be among the unincorporated territories of the United States.
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United ...
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Sep 4, 2018 · John Sidney McCain III, United States Naval Academy Class of 1958, returned to Annapolis for his final resting place this weekend. John McCain was born in a Naval Hospital into a strong legacy family – his father and grandfather were the Navy’s first father-son set of 4-star admirals.
A s a Midshipman at U.S. Naval Academy in the 1970s, I had my first close-up look at John McCain.I was part of a small group of Midshipmen who was privileged to meet with him when he visited Annapolis
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McCain’s heroes, his father and grandfather, were both U.S. Navy four-star admirals, the first father-and-son-full admirals in American naval history. Each had a Navy destroyer named in honor of them. Naturally, McCain strived to follow in their esteemed footsteps of service. McCain attended the Naval Academy, where he stood out as an excellent box...
As a prisoner of war, McCain endured years of abuse, including two years of solitary confinement, with just watery pumpkin soup and bread to eat. His weight plummeted to 105 pounds. In 1968, McCain’s father took the helm as commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific. Although the North Vietnamese offered to release McCain as a propaganda stunt, he...
McCain began his life’s work in the world of politics in 1977, when he served as the Navy’s liaison to the U.S. Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981. The next year, he earned a seat for Arizona in the House of Representatives. He then served two terms as a Representative from 1983-1987, and was elected as a U.S. senator in 1986. McCain had two ...
Known as a “maverick” conservative when many congressional Republicans in the 1990s were bound by common causes, McCain often reached across the aisle in the true spirit of bipartisanship. He was well-respected and loved by people on both sides, and the statement he wrote to be read after he died was a hopeful and encouraging way forward for our co...
Aug 27, 2018 · American Navy Lieutenant, and future U.S. Senator John Sidney McCain III, circa 1964. When John McCain made his first bid for public office in 1982, running for a House seat in Arizona, critics ...
May 3, 2018 · John McCain rebelled at the Naval Academy — and as a POW — long before he was a Senate maverick. ... The moment was reminiscent of an earlier era of McCain in the academy dining hall: rebuking ...
