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Vizeadmiral John S. McCain. John Sidney „Slew“ McCain Sr. (* 9. August 1884 in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi; † 6. September 1945 in San Diego, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Admiral der US Navy. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges war er Kommandeur der Fast Carrier Task Force.
John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. (9 August 1884 – 6 September 1945) was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several command assignments during the Pacific War of World War II. He was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations.
His father and his paternal grandfather, John S. McCain Sr., were also Naval Academy graduates and both became four-star admirals in the United States Navy. [10] The McCain family moved with their father as he took various naval postings in the United States and in the Pacific.
25. Aug. 2018 · John S. McCain, the proud naval aviator who climbed from depths of despair as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to pinnacles of power as a Republican congressman and senator from Arizona and a...
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John Sidney „Slew“ McCain Sr. (* 9. August 1884 in Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi; † 6. September 1945 in San Diego, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Admiral der US Navy. Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges war er Kommandeur der Fast Carrier Task Force. Sein Enkel John McCain war der republikanische Kandidat für die ...
27. Aug. 2018 · 1936-1954: Peripatetic life of a ‘navy brat’. McCain and his two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother, move frequently, following the trail of their father’s military career. He attends...
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His grandfather, Admiral John S. "Slew" McCain, Sr. (1884–1945), was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations who in 1942 commanded all land-based air operations in support of the Guadalcanal Campaign, and who ultimately in 1944–1945 aggressively led the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II.
