John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account
By John S. McCain III, Lieut. Commander, U.S. Navy
By John S. McCain
Posted January 28, 2008

John McCain spent 5½ years in captivity as a POW in North Vietnam. His first-person account of that harrowing ordeal was published in U.S. News in May 1973. Shot down in his Skyhawk dive bomber on Oct. 26, 1967, Navy flier McCain was taken prisoner with fractures in his right leg and both arms. He received minimal care and was kept in wretched conditions that he describes vividly in the U.S. News special report:

This story originally appeared in the May 14, 1973, issue of U.S.News & World Report. It was posted online on January 28, 2008.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-fir st-person-account.html?PageNr=1

McCAIN, JOHN SIDNEY III
Name: John Sidney McCain III
Rank/Branch: O4/US Navy
Unit: Attack Squadron 163, USS ORISKANY (CVA-34)
Date of Birth: 29 August 1936
Home City of Record: Coco Sole, Canal Zone, Panama (family in Norfolk VA at
time of release; resides in AZ 1999)
Date of Loss: 26 October 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 210100N 1055100E (WJ876270)
Status (in 1973): Released POW
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4E
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
REMARKS: 730314 RELEASED BY DRV

Source: Compiled by from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S.
Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published
sources, interviews, information from John McCain III, Arlington National
Cemetery. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK 2008.

SYNOPSIS: John McCain graduated from Episcopal High School, Alexandria VA in
1954. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD graduating in
1958.

John S. McCain came from a Navy family. Both his father and grandfather
became Navy aviators, and John III followed in their footsteps. He graduated
from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958, as his father had in 1931. John III was
later shipped to Vietnam, where he became the third generation of his family
to serve.
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John McCain
AKA John Sidney McCain III
Born: 29-Aug-1936
Birthplace: Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone
Gender: Male
Religion: Baptist [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Arizona
Military service: US Navy (1958-81, Capt.)
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