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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
Jan 28, 2008 · Jan. 28, 2008, at 11:00 a.m. Francois Chalais. John McCain lies in a hospital bed in Hanoi, North Vietnam, after being taken prisoner of war. John McCain spent 5½ years in captivity as a...
- Contributor
Aug 26, 2018 · Senator John Mccain, right, leads a group of men released from a P.O.W. camp In Hanoi, North Vietnam, on March 14, 1973. Usaf/Getty Images. Lt. Cdr. John McCain limps down ramp for a...
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- Lily Rothman
Aug 27, 2018 · John McCain in the Military: From Navy Brat to POW. He was a decorated, if at times reckless, fighter pilot who conducted nearly two dozen bombing runs in Vietnam before being shot down,...
- Greg Daugherty
Aug 26, 2018 · On Oct. 26, 1967, John McCain was shot down in his Skyhawk Dive Bomber and taken prisoner in Vietnam. He spent five years there.
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- Daniel S. Levy / TIME Inc. Books
Apr 2, 2018 · The Forrestal disaster. Lt. Cmdr. John McCain survived a major catastrophe on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal a few months before he was shot down over Vietnam on Oct. 26, 1967.
Aug 26, 2018 · Home. Topics. U.S. Government and Politics. John McCain Was Defiant as a POW and, Often, in Politics. McCain endured more than five years as a POW in the Vietnam War and later, as a U.S....