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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...
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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
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 · Senator John Mccain, right, leads a group of men released from a P.O.W. camp In Hanoi, North Vietnam, on March 14, 1973.
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- Lily Rothman
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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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.
Jul 20, 2015 · What John McCain Went Through as a POW. For 5 and a half years, McCain was held captive by the North Vietnamese. By ABC News. July 20, 2015, 7:18 PM. 1:51. Sen. John McCain leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 9, 2014. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo.