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  1. BornJanuary 17, 1911 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
    DiedMarch 22, 1981 (aged 70) · Over the North Atlantic
    Spouse(s)Roberta Wright (m. 1933)
  1. ADM. JOHN S. MCCAINJR. IS DEAD; EX-COMMANDER OF PACIFIC …

  2. John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81

  3. Adm. John S. Mc.Cain Jr. Dies - The Washington Post

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    Retired Navy Admiral John S. McCain Jr., 70, a bluntly outspoken foe of communist aggression who served as commander-in-chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific at the peak of the Vietnam war, died Sunday of a heart attack he suffered while returning from a vacation trip in Europe.
    Below, a timeline of his military life: 1936: To the Navy born 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 and become commander in chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific during much of the Vietnam War.
    A dedicated apostle of the importance of seapower to the national interest, Admiral McCain was a decorated World War II submarine commander. He headed U.S. forces in the Dominican Republic during the 1965 crisis there. From 1968 to 1972, he held the Pacific post, which included Vietnam.
    One of Admiral McCain's own sons, Capt. John S. McCain III, was a prisoner of war in Indochina for five years after being shot down while a Navy pilot. The admiral was stricken on board an Air Force plane and was taken to Loring Air Force Base, Me., where he was pronounced dead.
  5. WEBAdmiral McCain Jr. (right) and his father in Tokyo Bay at the end of World War II. About this Volume. Based on one interview conducted by Dr. John T. Mason Jr. in January 1975, the volume contains 46 pages of …

  6. John McCain's Journey From Navy Upstart to Prisoner …

    WEBAug 26, 2018 · 9 minute read. By Daniel S. Levy / TIME Inc. Books. Updated: September 11, 2018 1:26 PM [ET] | Originally published: August 25, 2018 8:36 PM EDT; This piece is excerpted from TIME’s special …

  7. WEBNov 9, 2009 · John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, the second of three children born to naval officer John S. McCain Jr. and his...