John S. McCain Sr. - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Sidney McCain Sr. (9 August 1884 – 6 September 1945) was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several commands during the Pacific War of World War II and was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations.
John McCain - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018.
John S. McCain Jr. - Wikipedia
WEBJohn Sidney McCain Jr. (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command.
John McCain in the Military: From Navy Brat to POW
WEBAug 27, 2018 · John Sidney McCain III is born on August 29 at a U.S. Navy base in the Panama Canal Zone. His father, John S. McCain, Jr., is a submarine officer who will later rise to the rank of admiral...
McCain, John S. Jr., Adm., USN (Ret.) - U.S. Naval Institute
WEBIn this interview at his office in Washington, D.C., in January 1975, Admiral McCain talks about his father, a naval aviator who led the Fast Carrier Attack Force in World War II. Admiral McCain Jr. (right) and his father in Tokyo Bay at the end of World War II.
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Airpower
WEBApr 21, 2020 · Drawing from this in-depth knowledge of the history of naval aviation, Trimble has recently produced an outstanding account of the development of naval air power under Admiral John S. McCain Sr., father to Admiral John S. McCain Jr., and grandfather to the late Senator John McCain.
John McCain's Journey From Navy Upstart to Prisoner of War - TIME
WEBAug 26, 2018 · On Oct. 26, 1967, John McCain was shot down in his Skyhawk Dive Bomber and taken prisoner in Vietnam. He spent five years there.
John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81
WEBAug 25, 2018 · John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a...
John McCain dies at 81: Annapolis 'Bad Bunch' rebel, defiant POW ...
WEBMay 3, 2018 · The family’s naval patriarch, John S. “Slew” McCain Sr., was posthumously awarded the rank of full admiral. He died in 1945, four days after he witnessed the Japanese surrender aboard...
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power
WEB“In William F. Trimble's new biography, Admiral John S. McCain: And the Triumph of Naval Air Power, we get a fascinating history of the rise of carrier-based aviation during World War II through the life of the McCain patriarch, warts and all.”