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Jan 28, 2008 · John McCain spent 5½ years in captivity as a POW in North Vietnam. His first-person account of that harrowing ordeal was published in U.S. News & World Report on in May 14, 1973.
- Contributor
As a member of the 1991–1993 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, chaired by fellow Vietnam War veteran and Democrat, John Kerry, McCain investigated the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, to determine the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War.
Sep 1, 2018 · John McCain’s conduct as a prisoner of war in Vietnam was heroic. But the cause he sacrificed for was indefensible. The American government put McCain in harm’s way — and subjected him to ...
- Features Writer, Intelligencer
Aug 26, 2018 · In 1969, the release of a group of POWs came with reports that, as TIME put it, “the most seriously wounded among the prisoners was Lieut. Commander John S. McCain III, son of the American...
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- Lily Rothman
Jul 20, 2015 · McCain’s bomber was hit by a surface-to-air missile on Oct. 26, 1967, destroying the aircraft’s right wing. According to McCain, the plane entered an “inverted, almost straight-down spin,” and he ejected. But the sheer force of the ejection broke his right leg and both arms, knocking him unconscious, the report said.
Aug 28, 2018 · McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war at Hoa Lo, known to most Americans as the “Hanoi Hilton.” His Skyhawk jet was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967.