Take some time, read this. This is the meaning of torture. This is the meaning of prisoner abuse. This is what our enemies do.
John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account - US News and World Report
John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account
By John S. McCain III, Lieut. Commander, U.S. Navy
Posted January 28, 2008
John McCain spent 5½ years in captivity as a POW in North Vietnam. His first-person account of that harrowing ordeal was published in U.S. News in May 1973. Shot down in his Skyhawk dive bomber on Oct. 26, 1967, Navy flier McCain was taken prisoner with fractures in his right leg and both arms. He received minimal care and was kept in wretched conditions that he describes vividly in the U.S. News special report:
Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III after his release from captivity in Vietnam.
(Thomas J. O'Halloran for USN&WR/Courtesy Library of Congress)
John McCain lies in a hospital bed in Hanoi, North Vietnam, after being taken prisoner of war.
(Francois Chalais)
This story originally appeared in the May 14, 1973, issue of U.S.News & World Report. It was posted online on January 28, 2008.
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