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Early life and military career of John McCain

Events in the life of McCain from 1936 to 1981

The early life and military career of John Sidney McCain III spans the first forty-five years of his life (1936–1981). McCain's father and grandfather were admirals in the United States Navy. McCain was born on August 29, 1936, in the Panama Canal Zone, and attended many schools growing up as his family moved among naval facilities. McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958. He married the former Carol Shepp in 1965; he adopted two children from her previous marriage and they had another child together.

As a naval aviator, McCain flew attack aircraft from carriers. During the Vietnam War, he narrowly escaped death in the 1967 Forrestal fire. On his twenty-third bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder in October 1967, he was shot down over Hanoi and badly injured. He subsequently endured five and a half years as a prisoner of war, including periods of torture. In 1968, he refused a North Vietnamese offer of early release, because it would have meant

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John McCain, the senator from Arizona, passed away from brain cancer on Saturday at the age of 81. He weathered the sharp attacks from opponents and voters that all politicians do, but his burnish of authenticity, increasingly rare in public figures, spoke to our American ideal of independence, and his early sacrifice as a prisoner of war pulled at our patriotism. McCain was who we wanted our politicians to be, even if he didn’t always live up to our own idea of who he was.

The “maverick” label he will likely be best-remembered for was a mixture of personality, PR and the truth.

McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936 to a family that was as close to U.S. naval royalty as they come. His grandfather was a four star admiral, as was his father, who was head of U.S. Pacific Command when the future senator was captured by the North Vietnamese and held as a prisoner of war for five and a half years. It is McCain’s brutal term of imprisonment and survival that has made him an almost honorary member of the greatest generation.

His political career began in 1982 with a run f

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Biography

Desmond McCain was brought up in an orphanage in east London after being abandoned in a supermarket trolley, wrapped in a plastic bag - McCain Oven Chips. He was fostered and did well at sport in school. By the time he was eighteen, he had become a famous boxer until he got knocked out by an opponent and got his jaw broken. He went into business and even into politics - but his property business was failing and he decided to set fire to one of the properties to claim on the insurance. McCain was arrested and sent to prison, and while he was in prison he converted to Christianity. Now known as Reverend McCain, he has seemingly turned his life around, and put all of his newly found money into his charity called First Aid.

Appearance

Imposingly tall, with the build of a boxer. After an accident in the boxing ring his jaw was badly broken. McCain went to a plastic surgeon who badly botched the operation, leaving McCain only able to eat liquid food through a straw.

Current Status

Throwing fundraisers for his charity First Aid. See Crocodile Tears for full report.