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John Sidney McCain Sr. (9 August 1884 – 6 September 1945) was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several commands during the Pacific War of World War II and was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations.
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.
May 3, 2018 · The family’s naval patriarch, John S. “Slew” McCain Sr., was posthumously awarded the rank of full admiral. He died in 1945, four days after he witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard the...
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...
John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. (August 9, 1884 – September 6, 1945) was a United States Navy admiral. He held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II. His son was John S. McCain, Jr. and his grandson is John McCain. McCain, Sr. was born on August 9, 1884 in Carroll County, Mississippi.
“In William F. Trimble's new biography, Admiral John S. McCain: And the Triumph of Naval Air Power, we get a fascinating history of the rise of carrier-based aviation during World War II through the life of the McCain patriarch, warts and all.”
Admiral John Sidney McCain Sr. died of a heart attack on 6 September 1945 at his home in Coronado, CA. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA. Honoree ID: 593
Nov 9, 2009 · John McCain (1936‑2018) was an American politician, military officer and Republican nominee for president in the 2008 election. During the Vietnam War, McCain was held prisoner in Vietnam from...
Sep 3, 2018 · Five days of national mourning for Sen. John McCain came to a close Sunday afternoon on a sloping green hillside overlooking Maryland's Severn River and near the hallowed halls where the Arizona politician's life of public service began as a plebe -- the U.S. Naval Academy.
Jul 20, 2024 · John Sidney Slew McCain Sr. (9 August 1884 – 6 September 1945) was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several commands during the Pacific War of World War II and was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations.