was i mentioned earlier he is one of those who advocated normalizing relations with vietnam even though vietnam tortured him severely during his time in the hanoi hilton after he was shot down as a naval aviator. president clinton is the one who during the ministration made that formalization take place. he and secretary clinton are out with a statement and i will be part of it to you i will always be especially grateful for his leadership in our successful efforts to normalize relations with vietnam, our thoughts and prayers are with his wife cindy, mother roberta, and his children and his entire family. peter joins us final thoughts
bush, 41, is releasing a statement and writes john mccain was a patriot of the highest order a public servant of the rarest courage. view sacrificed more or sacrificed for or contributed more to the welfare of his fellow citizen and freedom loving peoples around the world. another american maverick and warrior, general george patton was observed we should thank god the men such as these lived and to that i can only add my gratitude to john s wife, cindy and his wonderful family, and the people of arizona who permitted this great and good man to serve with such distinction in a world greatest deliberative body. that, from president george hw bush, or the one, also, i might add, a naval aviator. the coverage on the life of senator john mccain continues in just a moment.
in july of last year. he was a fighter and fought to the end. ultimately, the cancer in his life. captain chuck nash, retired us naval captain, is with us now, senator mccain was his squad commander. you must have fond memories of him as a naval aviator. john, i can tell you i do remember one particular thing that will forever stand out in my mind and that is when we as a bunch of students showed up in was called in naval terms, rag, which is a replacement or group it was va 174 and was 1977 and about 12 of us up and we were in a class going to go through to learn how to fly the [inaudibl [inaudible]. the executive officer squad came
he was a fighter and fought to the end. ultimately, the cancer in his life. captain chuck nash, retired us naval captain, is with us now, senator mccain was his squad commander. you must have fond memories of him as a naval aviator. john, i can tell you i do remember one particular thing that will forever stand out in my mind and that is when we as a bunch of students showed up in was called in naval terms, rag, which is a replacement or group it was va 174 and was 1977 and about 12 of us up and we were in a class going to go through to learn how to fly the [inaudibl [inaudible]. the executive officer squad came
he was a fighter and fought to the end. ultimately, the cancer in his life. captain chuck nash, retired us naval captain, is with us now, senator mccain was his squad commander. you must have fond memories of him as a naval aviator. john, i can tell you i do remember one particular thing that will forever stand out in my mind and that is when we as a bunch of students showed up in was called in naval terms, rag, which is a replacement or group it was va 174 and was 1977 and about 12 of us up and we were in a class going to go through to learn how to fly the [inaudibl [inaudible]. the executive officer squad came