On October 26, 1967, during his 23rd air mission, McCain´s plane was shot down during a bombing run over the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. He broke both arms and one leg during the ensuing crash. McCain was moved to Hoa Loa prison, nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton," on December 9, 1969. McCain spent five and a half years in various prison camps, three and a half of those in solitary confinement, and was repeatedly beaten and tortured before he was finally released, along with other American POWs, on March 14, 1973, less than two months after the Vietnam cease fire went into effect.
He was captured from the vietnamese people and was a prisoner of war. They tortured him for 5 years.
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The state of Texas went for Republican candidate John McCain.
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The 2008 election in Kentucky went to John McCain.
His principal opponent was John McCain, of Arizona.
27 votes went to Barack Obama, 0 votes went to John McCain. The popular vote was 50.9% Obama 48.1% McCain.
John McCain retired from the military in 1981 with the rank of captain. He went on to become a United States Senator and run for the 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns.
John mccains kids went to school in Missouri While it is difficult to find a definitive answer to this question there is enough incidental information available to say that it is highly unlikely that McCain's children ever went to a public school.According to tax records John McCain's Foundation has contributed well over $500,000 to several private schools that his children are believed to have attended.
he was the ship's captain and he went down with the ship
Alabama had 9 electoral votes. These went to John McCain, Republican.
Barack Obama received 27 electoral votes by receiving 4,282,074 votes to John McCain's 4,045,624 votes.
Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in 2008, which went to John McCain (R).
No. he volunteered. He went to the United States Naval Academy, where at graduation he was commissioned as an Ensign in the US Navy.