significant ways for the better. >> october 1967, 31-year-old john mccain took off for the 23rd time on a routine bombing mission over vietnam, but then his navy skyhawk was struck in the right wing. >> so i was moving very violently almost straight down so i had to eject very quickly. i was knocked unconsciousness when i ejected and when i hit the water i woke up. >> and angry villagers swinging bayonets were surrounding mccain. >> i was kind of dazed, so i wasn't sure what was going to happen. >> he was the son of a four-star admiral, and the vietnamese knew it. they forced him to give this