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John Sidney "Slew" McCain (August 9, 1884 – September 6, 1945) was a U.S. Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II. He was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations.
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
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.
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power covers the life and professional career of Adm. John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945). Spanning most of the first half of the twentieth century, McCain’s life and career highlight the integration of aviation into the Navy, emphasizing the evolution of the aircraft carrier from a tactical ...
World War II was also a family affair; John S. McCain, Sr. rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral in the US Navy, his brother, William Alexander "Bill" McCain, was a Brigadier General in the US Army, and his son, John S. McCain, Jr., was a Commander in the US Navy commanding a submarine.
John Sidney “Slew” McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral. He held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign 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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