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Vietnam veteran endured torture, John McCain was cellmate
The men flew the F-105D in combat in Vietnam. Kirk was shot ... the senior officers that had been shot down as lieutenant colonels or Navy commanders. John McCain was in there and Admiral (James ...
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The Vietnam War's 200,000 forgotten victims: North Vietnamese prisoners of war
On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's Douglas Skyhawk fighter jet was shot down over North Vietnam, crash-landing behind ... alongside the «Winter Soldiers» and John McCain. Marcel Berni is a research ...
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As a POW in Vietnam, John McCain refused release until his fellow prisoners were freed, making him a hero in the eyes of many
On October 26, 1967, then-US Navy Lieutenant Commander McCain's Skyhawk dive bomber was shot down over the ... he worked closely with John Kerry, a Democrat and fellow Vietnam veteran who ...
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On This Day, March 14: North Vietnam releases POW John McCain
In 1973, Navy pilot John McCain -- the future ... of war were released by North Vietnam. He spent more than five years in a prison camp after his plane was shot down. In 1991, scientists reported ...
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Remembering John McCain in Vietnam and his immigration legacy, and climate change and nutrient deficiencies
In Vietnam, the media have put out tributes to John McCain who died on Saturday. Even some ordinary citizens have laid flowers at the lake where he crash landed in 1967. Listen for more on how ...