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John Sidney " Jack " McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command .
Aug 27, 2018 · John Sidney McCain III is born on August 29 at a U.S. Navy base in the Panama Canal Zone. His father, John S. McCain, Jr., is a submarine officer who will later rise to the rank of admiral...
Aug 25, 2018 · John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a two-time...
Mar 24, 1981 · Adm. John S. McCain Jr., a former commander in chief of Pacific forces in the Vietnam War and a World War II hero, died yesterday of a heart attack while on a military aircraft returning from...
John S. McCain, Jr. Graduating from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1931, Rear Admiral McCain served aboard USS S-45, S-34 and R-13 from 1933-38; commanded USS Skipjack, USS 0-8, Gunnel, and Dentuda prior to, during, and subsequent to World War II; he later commanded Submarine Divisions 71 and 51 and Submarine Squadron 6.
Oct 1, 2008 · In April of 1969, the commander in chief of American forces in the Pacific, Admiral John S. McCain Jr., sent a cable to General Earle Wheeler, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to...
Aug 26, 2018 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain can