Tragic Details About John McCain's Time As A POW
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By Therese Nguyen/Dec. 18, 2020 11:35 am EDT
The late John McCain can be notably remembered today for his decades-long role as a congressman for Arizona, as well as his candidacy for the United States presidency in the 2008 election. But even before his life in politics, McCain had been representing his country when he was part of the U.S. Navy as a naval aviator. According to Britannica, his family had a long history in the military, and his father and grandfather were both admirals who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy before his own attendance in the late 1950s.