John Sidney McCain
McCain was named for his father and grandfather. He attended the Episcopal High School boarding school in Alexandria, Va. In 1954, he entered the Naval Academy. In July 1967, McCain, then a naval aviator, survived a fiery disaster on the USS Forrestal that killed 134 of his shipmates and nearly sank the aircraft carrier in waters off North Vietnam. That October, his A4 Skyhawk attack bomber was shot down over North Vietnam. He endured severe brutality as a ... Full Story »
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