John Sidney McCain Jr. was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s. During World War II he commanded submarines in several theaters of operation and was responsible for sinking several Japanese ships. During the Vietnam War, McCain was Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command commanding all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater from 1968 to 1972. He was a stalwart supporter of President Richard Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization. McCain was the 2008 Republican Party nominee for President of the United States.
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John Sidney McCain Jr. was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s. During World War II he commanded submarines in several theaters of operation and was responsible for sinking several Japanese ships. During the Vietnam War, McCain was Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command commanding all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater from 1968 to 1972. He was a stalwart supporter of President Richard Nixon’s policy of Vietnamization. McCain played a significant role in the militarization of U. S. policy towards Cambodia, helping to convince Nixon to launch the 1970 Cambodian Incursion and establishing a personal relationship with Cambodian leader Lon Nol. He retired from the Navy in 1972. His father, John S. McCain Sr., was also an admiral in the Navy and was a naval aviator; the two were the first father-son duo to achieve four-star rank. His son, John McCain III, was a former navalAviator who was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during McCain’s time as CINCPAC. McCain was the 2008 Republican Party nominee for President of the United States. His family tree also contained other people engaged in military service, which extended back through many wars. McCain grew up at various naval stations where his father was posted and then in Northwest, Washington, D.
C., going to local schools and working as a paperboy. He graduated from Central High School in the district in 1927, aged 16. He disliked the hazing tradition and behavioral restrictions of Annapolis, and accumulated many demerits and earned mediocre grades during his years at the Academy. McCain later stated: \”I was known as a ‘ratey’ plebe, and that’s the plebe who does not conform always to the specific rules and regulations of the upperclassmen. Some of these upperclassman would… require you to do such things which only incited rebellion and mutiny in me, see. I was forced to live on the Mercedes, instead of the normal residence for midshipmen, and instead of living on the barracks ship Reina Mercedes, forced to be banished from Bancroft Hall. I am proud to have been a member of the Class of 1931, and I am happy to have served my country in the Second World War. I. I. am proud to be the son of a naval officer. I am proud to have been the grandson of an aviator, and a great-grandson of a Naval aviator. I. am proud of my family’s history of military service. I am proud to be a member of the Class of 1931, and I am the grandson of a Naval Aviator, John S. McCain Sr. and the great-great-grandfather of John McCain III.
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