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McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. Later that year while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured as a prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese. He was held from 1967 to 1973, experiencing episodes of torture and refusing an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer; his war wounds would leave him with lifelong physical limitations. He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and, moving to Arizona, entered politics.
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∙ 15y agoJohn McCain served in the US Navy for 23 years, from '58 to '81. He fought in the Vietnam War, where he was a POW for 5 1/2 years.
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∙ 15y agoJohn McCain served in the US Senate January 1987 to the present day. January 2009 will represent the beginning of his 22nd year in the US Senate.
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∙ 15y agoMcCain served approximately 6 1/2 years in the war, of which about 6 years was as a POW.
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∙ 15y agoNever. John McCain was in the Navy.
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∙ 15y agovietnam- he was a p.o.w.
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∙ 13y ago1958-1981
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∙ 15y ago1967-1973
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Why didn't John McCain serve in the Korean War?
McCain was still in High School during the war.
Was John McCain in world war 2?
Arizona Senator John McCain served during the Vietnam War and as a POW was a prisoner for five and a half years .
John McCain's thoughts on the war in Iraq?
mccain wants to stay in war until we win even if it takes 100 years
Was John McCain 18 years old during the Korean War?
McCain graduated from High School in 1954, one year after the war ended.
Is Sarah Palin a veteran?
no but john mccain is, he was a prisoner of war for 5 years.
Was John McCain ever a prisoner of war?
Yes for more then five years during the Vietnam War.
Did John McCain serve in the US armed Forces?
Yes John McCain served in the Air Force during the Vietnam war as a pilot. He was shot down and became a prisoner of war for 5 years. When he was shot down he suffered many broken bones, notably in his arms, which were not set properly. He has problems to this day regarding his arms.
What is the reason John McCain and other prisoners of war were not rescued sooner and left in Vietnamese prison for 5 plus years?
becuz john mccain talked the veitnamese ppl out of prisoning them.
Was John McCain kidnapped?
No. He was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for 5.5 years, after his capture when his plane was shot down.
When was John McCain a POW in Vietnam?
McCain was a POW during the Vietnam war.
What war did Senator John McCain fight in?
Vietnam War
Did John McCain kill many people in the war of 1812?
No <><><><> If you are speaking of Senator John McCain, he was not yet BORN when the War of 1812 took place.
