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Oct 10, 2008 · Dickinson compares him to another POW, air force pilot John Dramesi. “McCain broke down under torture and offered a ‘confession’ to his North Vietnamese captors. Dramesi, in contrast ...
Nov 13, 2000 · Return With Honor. On August 4, 1964, a 26-year-old Navy fighter pilot was shot down over North Vietnam. The first American airman to be captured by the Vietnamese, Everett Alvarez was a prisoner ...
Aug 27, 2018 · Published 9:06 PM PDT, August 26, 2018. HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — In October 1967, John McCain was a 31-year-old Navy lieutenant commander on his 23rd bombing round over North Vietnam when he was shot out of the sky and taken prisoner. McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, was held 5½ years as a prisoner of war. The following story was written by ...
Sep 1, 2018 · Every movie we’d ever seen, every book we’d ever read.”. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Col. Orson Swindle, a former POW who shared a cell for a time with John McCain in Vietnam, speaks at the ...
Aug 26, 2018 · After a devastating ordeal as a POW in Vietnam, John McCain launched a political career, winning election to the U.S. Senate from Arizona for the first time in 1986.
Sep 9, 2015 · Congress twisted the truth and McCain escaped justice. We’re told POW McCain refused early release until all POWS were freed. That is a deception. 1) In May, 1967 Medal of Honor winner Admiral James Stockdale, senior POW, ordered all POWs to refuse the “ Fink Release Program ”. 2) And all our POWs were not free when McCain left Hanoi in 1973.
Aug 25, 2018 · More on John McCain, 1936-2018. John McCain, 'maverick' of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81; Senator's casket in U.S. Capitol Friday as D.C. says goobye; Tributes and tears at memorial event ...
