McCain, who died Saturday at age 81, spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war at Hoa Lo, known to most Americans as the “Hanoi Hilton.” His Skyhawk jet was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967.

"Until the day I went down, I lived under my father's shadow," John McCain—who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war—told TIME in 1978.

In 1967, the remarkable Roberta McCain got a call from a top Navy official saying her 31-year-old son, a pilot serving in Vietnam, had been killed. But he was wrong.

Vice President Kamala Harris laid flowers Wednesday at the Vietnamese memorial site where late Sen. John McCain was shot down in 1967 by the North Vietnamese when he was a Navy fighter pilot.

Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday at the age of 81, was tortured and held captive for five and a half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, an experience that shaped the rest of his ...

As a POW in Vietnam, John McCain refused release until his fellow prisoners were freed, ... 1967, when McCain was a US Navy lieutenant commander, his Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down over Hanoi.

John McCain was shot down over Hanoi on Oct. 26, 1967. His A-4E Skyhawk was hit by a soviet made SA-2 surface-to-air missile(SAM). During the Vietnam War, North Vietnam ...

Vietnam paid tribute to John McCain on Sunday, hailing him as a friend who "fought for peace." The six-term senator who died on Saturday evening at 81 was captured in 1967 when his Navy aircraft ...

Americans living in Vietnam paid tribute to the late Sen. John McCain by placing flowers at the Hanoi site where the Arizona Republican was shot down during the Vietnam War. McCain, who died ...

Sen. John McCain says "the honor" of his life was serving alongside the heroes in Vietnam as he looks back on the 50th anniversary of the day his plane was shot down in combat. "Hard to believe 50 ...

The book contains transcripts of audio recordings of many of Davidson’s 202 combat flights over Vietnam, including the day the future senator from Arizona, John McCain, was shot down.

On this date in 1967, American pilot John McCain was shot down by the North Vietnamese and taken prisoner. 📬 Politics to your inbox Inside 'math-free' vacations Curl up with a controller Watch ...