Early life and military career of John McCain (English Wikipedia)

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Frisbee, John L. (February 1989). "Valor en Masse". Air Force Magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2008.

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Arundel, John (December 6, 2007). "Episcopal fetes a favorite son". Alexandria Times. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.

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Perera, Srianthi (February 28, 2010). "Sons of the American Revolution aims to grow in Arizona". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

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"McCain trivia". The Arizona Republic. March 2, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
Perera, Srianthi (February 28, 2010). "Sons of the American Revolution aims to grow in Arizona". The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
Nowicki, Dan; Muller, Bill (March 1, 2007). "John McCain Report: At the Naval Academy". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 10, 2007. Part of multi-chapter biographical profile of John McCain. Originally published by The Arizona Republic as "McCain: The life story of Arizona's maverick senator", written by reporter Bill Muller, October 3, 1999. Reporter Dan Nowicki updated and revised the biography with additional material in January 2007. See "How the biography was put together" for background and bibliographic sources.
"Obama Inauguration: John McCain". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
Nowicki, Dan; Muller, Bill (March 1, 2007). "John McCain Report: Prisoner of War". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
Nowicki, Dan (August 13, 2016). "John McCain POW recordings revive historic, painful episode". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
Nowicki, Dan; Muller, Bill (March 1, 2007). "John McCain Report: Back in the USA". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
Nowicki, Dan; Muller, Bill (March 1, 2007). "John McCain Report: Arizona, the early years". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 21, 2007.

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"In pictures, Vietnam visit, McCain memorial". BBC News. Retrieved May 31, 2008.

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"John McCain's Navy Records: Biographical Data" (PDF). United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008. As indicated by Kuhnhenn, Jim (May 7, 2008). "Navy releases McCain's military record". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
"John McCain's Navy Records: Citations" (PDF). United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008. As indicated by Kuhnhenn, Jim (May 7, 2008). "Navy releases McCain's military record". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
Helman, Scott (August 31, 2008). "Taking command – The McCain way". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 2, 2008.

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Farrell, John Aloysius (January 23, 2000). "'A refining experience'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 22, 2008.

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"Vietnam Revisited with Senator John McCain". C-SPAN. September 1, 1992. Retrieved February 12, 2016.

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"FOIA: Search Results (McCain)" (barely readable scans). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved February 8, 2016. Various documents captured by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service that describe North Vietnamese or allied dispatches concerning McCain's captivity. Later released by the CIA under the Freedom of Information Act.

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A number of Vietnamese have claimed to have led the McCain rescue effort in Trúc Bạch Lake, but the one most often credited, including by the Vietnamese government in the 1990s, was Mai Van On. He and McCain met in Hanoi in 1996, but McCain did not mention him in his 1999 memoir and it is unclear whether he believed On's account. On's story also does not completely agree with the well-known photograph showing a number of Vietnamese pulling McCain ashore. See "McCain's Vietnam rescuer talks". Associated Press. February 24, 2000. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2008.; Alexander, Man of the People, pp. 47–49; and Parry, Simon (June 27, 2008). "Wartime rescuer of John McCain dies a forgotten hero". Thaindian News. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2008. See also the October 5, 2008, Dobbs article in The Washington Post, which credits paper factory worker Tran Lua.

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"McCain tells his story to voters". CNN. March 31, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
"In pictures: The history of the White House Correspondents' Dinner". CNN. April 29, 2022.

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Sanger-Katz, Margot (December 31, 2007). "After war, a personal renewal". Concord Monitor. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2008.

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"McCain, John Sidney, III, (1936– )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. United States Congress. Retrieved July 17, 2007.

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Pribbenow II, Merle L. (January 2003). "The -Ology War: Technology and Ideology in the Vietnamese Defense of Hanoi, 1967" (PDF). The Journal of Military History. 67 (1): 175–200. doi:10.1353/jmh.2003.0066.

ghostarchive.org

A film of the Forrestal fire called Learn or Burn, incorporating the flight deck video of the fire, was used in United States Navy damage control classes for many years; see Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships – Forrestal. A portion of the video was made available by McCain's presidential campaign; see Forrestal. February 24, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2008 – via YouTube.

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Ed O'Keefe (April 1, 2008). "McCain the 'Punk' Goes Back to School". ABC News. Retrieved April 2, 2008. Ravenel was the only person outside McCain's family whom he sought out to talk with upon his return from being a POW in Vietnam, but Ravenel had died two years earlier.

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Collins, Nancy (July 2007). "Cindy McCain: Myth vs. Reality". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on January 31, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2008.

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John McCain prisonnier au Vietnam. Panorama (Television production). Institut national de l'audiovisuel. January 12, 1968. Retrieved October 24, 2008.

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Kerr, Jessie Lynne (October 25, 2008). "The McCain Connection: His family moved to Orange Park in 1966; The following years profoundly shaped the presidential candidate's future". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2008.

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Pribbenow II, Merle L. (January 2003). "The -Ology War: Technology and Ideology in the Vietnamese Defense of Hanoi, 1967" (PDF). The Journal of Military History. 67 (1): 175–200. doi:10.1353/jmh.2003.0066.

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McCain, Faith of My Fathers, pp. 227–28. It is not clear from McCain's account in which year the cross episode took place. Fellow POW Orson Swindle vaguely recalls McCain telling it to him in 1971. See York, Byron (August 18, 2008). "Fellow POW: I Remember McCain Telling the "Cross in the Dirt" Story". National Review Online. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008. Decades later, McCain related this Good Samaritan story during his presidential campaigns, as a testament to faith and humanity. See "Excerpt From McCain's Speech on Religious Conservatives". The New York Times. February 29, 2000. Retrieved December 26, 2007. and "New TV Ad: 'My Christmas Story'". John McCain 2008. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007. For an analysis casting doubt on the cross tale and speculating it may have been conflated with another guard episode McCain experienced, see Sullivan, Andrew (August 18, 2008). "The Dirt In The Cross Story, Ctd". The Daily Dish. The Atlantic. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

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Vartabedian, Ralph; Serrano, Richard A. (October 6, 2008). "Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
Serrano, Richard A.; Vartabedian, Ralph (July 11, 2008). "McCain's broken marriage and fractured Reagan friendship". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 11, 2008.

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Vartabedian, Ralph (April 14, 2008). "McCain has long relied on his grit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
Vartabedian, Ralph (April 22, 2008). "John McCain gets tax-free disability pension". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 24, 2008.

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"John McCain (center) being captured by Vietnamese civilians in Truc Bach Lake near Hanoi Vietnam". Library of Congress. May 26, 2004. Retrieved December 28, 2007.

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"The John McCain Story: Timeline". McCain 2000, Inc. Archived from the original on March 8, 2000. Used to supply years of birth of two adopted sons.

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Goble, Paul (January 19, 2009). "Soviet Officer Who Shot Down John McCain in Vietnam Dies". Window on Eurasia for Moldova.org. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2009.

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Cronin, Michael; Day, Bud; Gaither, Ralph; Galanti, Paul; Schierman, Wesley; Swindle, Orson (October 26, 2007). "A Trip Downtown". National Review Online. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2007.

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McCain, Faith of My Fathers, pp. 227–28. It is not clear from McCain's account in which year the cross episode took place. Fellow POW Orson Swindle vaguely recalls McCain telling it to him in 1971. See York, Byron (August 18, 2008). "Fellow POW: I Remember McCain Telling the "Cross in the Dirt" Story". National Review Online. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008. Decades later, McCain related this Good Samaritan story during his presidential campaigns, as a testament to faith and humanity. See "Excerpt From McCain's Speech on Religious Conservatives". The New York Times. February 29, 2000. Retrieved December 26, 2007. and "New TV Ad: 'My Christmas Story'". John McCain 2008. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007. For an analysis casting doubt on the cross tale and speculating it may have been conflated with another guard episode McCain experienced, see Sullivan, Andrew (August 18, 2008). "The Dirt In The Cross Story, Ctd". The Daily Dish. The Atlantic. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

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"Hunt". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. April 18, 2005. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
"USS Forrestal (CV-59)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. August 2, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008. Regarding use (c), states either Aircraft No. 405 piloted by LCDR Fred D. White or No. 416 piloted by LCDR John McCain was struck by the Zuni. See also Stewart, Henry P. The Impact of the USS Forrestal's 1967 Fire on United States Navy Shipboard Damage Control. Fort Leavenworth: Army Command and General Staff College. Which states that Aircraft No. 405 piloted by LCDR Fred D. White was hit and does not mention McCain. Freeman's Sailors to the End states that McCain's plane was hit and does not mention White.
"Chapter 2: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-154 to VA-174" (PDF). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons – Volume 1. Naval Historical Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2008. pp. 248–51.

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"John McCain's Navy Records: Biographical Data" (PDF). United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008. As indicated by Kuhnhenn, Jim (May 7, 2008). "Navy releases McCain's military record". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
"John McCain's Navy Records: Citations" (PDF). United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008. As indicated by Kuhnhenn, Jim (May 7, 2008). "Navy releases McCain's military record". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.

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"About Naval Air Station Meridian – Part of Commander Navy Region Southeast". United States Navy. Retrieved April 6, 2008.

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"French TV archive releases McCain POW video". NBC News. Associated Press. October 22, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2016.

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Roberts, Gary Boyd. "On the Ancestry, Royal Descent, and English and American Notable Kin of Senator John Sidney McCain IV". New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.

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"Nixon Vows to Protect U.S. Secrets". The Tampa Tribune. United Press International. May 25, 1973. pp. 1-A, 20-A – via Newspapers.com.
Johnson, Kathryn (June 8, 1973). "There Are Lingering Problems as POWs Switch Lifestyles". The Evening Press. Binghamton, New York. Associated Press. p. 4-A – via Newspapers.com. Includes "... But 2nd Chance at Living Lies Ahead" sidebar with same byline.

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Meacham, Jon (August 30, 2008). "Hidden Depths". Newsweek. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
Bailey, Holly (May 14, 2007). "John McCain: 'I Learned How to Take Hard Blows'". Newsweek. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
Bailey, Holly (June 30, 2008). "In Search of Cindy McCain". Newsweek. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2008.

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Chideya, Farai (October 21, 2008). "Black McCains Share Family's Struggles, Triumphs". NPR. Retrieved October 26, 2008.

nydailynews.com

Emert, Harold; Sullivan, Patrick (September 21, 2008). "Brazilian beauty recalls hot Rio affair with young John McCain". New York Daily News. Retrieved September 22, 2008. In 2008, Maria Gracinda Teixeira de Jesus would remember the 50-year-old affair fondly and said that she never forgot McCain.

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Traub, James (September 19, 2008). "What a Naval Officer Now Knows". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
Steinhauer, Jennifer (December 27, 2007). "Bridging 4 Decades, a Large, Close-Knit Brood". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
Shane, Scott (December 15, 2005). "McCain Pays a Tribute at Funeral of Ex-P.O.W." The New York Times. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
Kirkpatrick, David D. (June 15, 2008). "In '74 Thesis, the Seeds of McCain's War Views". The New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2008.
Kirkpatrick, David D. (May 29, 2008). "Senate's Power and Allure Drew McCain From Military". The New York Times. Retrieved May 29, 2008.

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Kristof, Nicholas (February 27, 2000). "P.O.W. to Power Broker, A Chapter Most Telling". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2007.
McCain, Faith of My Fathers, pp. 227–28. It is not clear from McCain's account in which year the cross episode took place. Fellow POW Orson Swindle vaguely recalls McCain telling it to him in 1971. See York, Byron (August 18, 2008). "Fellow POW: I Remember McCain Telling the "Cross in the Dirt" Story". National Review Online. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008. Decades later, McCain related this Good Samaritan story during his presidential campaigns, as a testament to faith and humanity. See "Excerpt From McCain's Speech on Religious Conservatives". The New York Times. February 29, 2000. Retrieved December 26, 2007. and "New TV Ad: 'My Christmas Story'". John McCain 2008. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007. For an analysis casting doubt on the cross tale and speculating it may have been conflated with another guard episode McCain experienced, see Sullivan, Andrew (August 18, 2008). "The Dirt In The Cross Story, Ctd". The Daily Dish. The Atlantic. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
Altman, Lawrence K. (December 6, 1999). "Release of McCain's Medical Records Provides Unusually Broad Psychological Profile". The New York Times.
Frantz, Douglas (February 21, 2000). "The Arizona Ties: A Beer Baron and a Powerful Publisher Put McCain on a Political Path". The New York Times. Retrieved November 29, 2006.
Gamarekian, Barbara (August 30, 1981). "White House Tour Leader Courted and Criticized". The New York Times.

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Kirkpatrick, David D. "John McCain". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2008.

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McCain, Worth the Fighting For, pp. 85–86. [After describing social friendship with Reagans following POW return] "My divorce from Carol, whom the Reagans loved, caused a change in our relationship. Nancy, for whom Carol now worked in the White House, was particularly upset with me and treated me on the few occasions we encountered each other after I came to Congress with a cool correctness that made her displeasure clear... [Ronald Reagan was more friendly to him] Nevertheless, we weren't social friends any longer... I had, of course, deserved the change in our relationship, and I knew it... From her kindness and my good luck, Nancy and I recovered our friendship long ago and remain friends to this day [2002]." No detailed account of Nancy Reagan's side of this is known, although she stated in March 2008: "John McCain has been a good friend for over thirty years." See Phillips, Kate (March 25, 2008). "Nancy Reagan Endorses McCain". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

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Parker, Suzi; Tapper, Jake (February 15, 2000). "McCain's ancestors owned slaves". Salon. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2008.

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"VA-46 Photograph Album". The Skyhawk Association. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2008. See "Greenie Board" image Archived March 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine for chronology.

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"John McCain – Jeopardy! champion (Update)". boards.sonypictures.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2008. [McCain] defeated 1-time champion Peggy Fisher in Fleming #355, taped in Studio 6A 1965-07-20, aired Friday, 1965-08-06. In his next game, Fleming #356, taped in Studio 6A 1965-07-20, aired Monday, 1965-08-09, he was defeated by challenger Bob Bovard.

sptimes.com

Adams, David (March 8, 2008). "A revolutionary meets the foe: John McCain". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved June 9, 2008.

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"Unik McCain-film i SVT:s arkiv" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. September 11, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2016.

tampabay.com

Leary, Alex (July 20, 2008). "John McCain: From Orange Park to White House?". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.

thaindian.com

A number of Vietnamese have claimed to have led the McCain rescue effort in Trúc Bạch Lake, but the one most often credited, including by the Vietnamese government in the 1990s, was Mai Van On. He and McCain met in Hanoi in 1996, but McCain did not mention him in his 1999 memoir and it is unclear whether he believed On's account. On's story also does not completely agree with the well-known photograph showing a number of Vietnamese pulling McCain ashore. See "McCain's Vietnam rescuer talks". Associated Press. February 24, 2000. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2008.; Alexander, Man of the People, pp. 47–49; and Parry, Simon (June 27, 2008). "Wartime rescuer of John McCain dies a forgotten hero". Thaindian News. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2008. See also the October 5, 2008, Dobbs article in The Washington Post, which credits paper factory worker Tran Lua.

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McCain, Faith of My Fathers, pp. 227–28. It is not clear from McCain's account in which year the cross episode took place. Fellow POW Orson Swindle vaguely recalls McCain telling it to him in 1971. See York, Byron (August 18, 2008). "Fellow POW: I Remember McCain Telling the "Cross in the Dirt" Story". National Review Online. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008. Decades later, McCain related this Good Samaritan story during his presidential campaigns, as a testament to faith and humanity. See "Excerpt From McCain's Speech on Religious Conservatives". The New York Times. February 29, 2000. Retrieved December 26, 2007. and "New TV Ad: 'My Christmas Story'". John McCain 2008. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007. For an analysis casting doubt on the cross tale and speculating it may have been conflated with another guard episode McCain experienced, see Sullivan, Andrew (August 18, 2008). "The Dirt In The Cross Story, Ctd". The Daily Dish. The Atlantic. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

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Carney, James (December 13, 1999). "The Diagnosis: 'Stable'". Time. Retrieved September 25, 2008. His IQ is given as 133, based on a test taken in 1984. See also Alexander, Man of the People, p. 207: McCain took IQ tests twice his life, getting 128 the first time and 133 the second.
Scherer, Michael; Park, Alice (May 14, 2008). "How Healthy Is John McCain?". Time. Retrieved July 2, 2008.

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Scheiber, Noam (August 20, 2008). "Made Man". The New Republic. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.

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DeWitt, Robert (February 10, 2008). "Support forged in battle". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
McCain, Faith of My Fathers, p. 188. Used to give bombing altitude. While a few members of the squadron were armed with an early smart bomb, the AGM-62 Walleye, McCain dropped conventional bombs. See "Support forged in battle". The Tuscaloosa News. February 10, 2008.

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"Remarks at the Annual Dinner of the White House Correspondents Association: April 14, 1973". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved November 14, 2022.

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"U.S. Fliers Well Treated, Hanoi Says". The Washington Post. United Press International. June 6, 1969. See also same UPI story in "Tape Has McCain's Son Praising Red Doctors" (PDF). Stars and Stripes. June 6, 1969. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2018.

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Woodward, Calvin (November 4, 2007). "McCain's WMD Is A Mouth That Won't Quit". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
Fouhy, Beth (June 30, 2008). "Political Play: McCain recalls loss on "Jeopardy"". USA Today. Associated Press. Retrieved September 26, 2008. Riding aboard his Straight Talk Express campaign bus, McCain, well-read and a trivia buff, recalled his two-day appearance on the popular program in 1965. He won the game the first day, and lost the next day in the final round.

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"A Brief History of the United States Naval Academy". United States Naval Academy. Archived from the original on April 27, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008.

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Lieut. Commander John S. McCain III, United States Navy (May 14, 1973). "How the POW's Fought Back". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. (reposted under title "John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account", January 28, 2008). Reprinted in Library of America staff (1998). Reporting Vietnam, Part Two: American Journalism 1969–1975. Library of America. ISBN 1-883011-59-0. pp. 434–63. Used to support direct quotes from McCain, or to fill in details not given by other sources.

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Purdum, Todd S. (February 2007). "Prisoner of Conscience". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.

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Bufkin, Ellie (November 6, 2019). "Sandy Morgan, sister of John McCain, dies at 85". Washington Examiner. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

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"Atlantic Side: Society Notes" (PDF). Panama American. August 31, 1936.
Weisman, Jonathan (July 22, 2008). "McCain's Maverick Side: Grandpa Would Be Proud". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
Leahy, Michael (August 31, 2008). "A Turbulent Youth Under a Strong Father's Shadow". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 8, 2008.
Farhi, Paul (October 6, 2008). "The Separate Peace of John And Carol". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
Dobbs, Michael (October 5, 2008). "In Ordeal as Captive, Character Was Shaped". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
Roig-Franzia, Manuel (March 11, 2008). "In Havana, A Page From McCain's Past". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 8, 2008.
Leahy, Michael (October 13, 2008). "Seeing White House From a Cell in Hanoi". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 17, 2008.

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Dobbs, Michael (May 20, 2008). "The Fact Checker: John McCain's Birthplace". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 25, 2009.

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Dobbs, Michael (May 2, 2008). "The Fact Checker: Citizen McCain". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.

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Sherfinski, David (December 18, 2012). "Sen. McCain jokes about 'Jeopardy!' defeat: 'Loser again'". The Washington Times. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

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Dobbs, Michael (May 2, 2008). "The Fact Checker: Citizen McCain". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
Roberts, Gary Boyd. "On the Ancestry, Royal Descent, and English and American Notable Kin of Senator John Sidney McCain IV". New England Historic Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
Parker, Suzi; Tapper, Jake (February 15, 2000). "McCain's ancestors owned slaves". Salon. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
Arundel, John (December 6, 2007). "Episcopal fetes a favorite son". Alexandria Times. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
Purdum, Todd S. (February 2007). "Prisoner of Conscience". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
"A Brief History of the United States Naval Academy". United States Naval Academy. Archived from the original on April 27, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
Blum, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. (May–June 1977). "Changing Educational Goals at the United States Naval Academy". Air University Review. 28 (4): 72–82. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013.
"Hunt". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. April 18, 2005. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
"John McCain's Navy Records: Biographical Data" (PDF). United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008. As indicated by Kuhnhenn, Jim (May 7, 2008). "Navy releases McCain's military record". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
Vartabedian, Ralph; Serrano, Richard A. (October 6, 2008). "Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2008.
"The John McCain Story: Timeline". McCain 2000, Inc. Archived from the original on March 8, 2000. Used to supply years of birth of two adopted sons.
"John McCain – Jeopardy! champion (Update)". boards.sonypictures.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved September 26, 2008. [McCain] defeated 1-time champion Peggy Fisher in Fleming #355, taped in Studio 6A 1965-07-20, aired Friday, 1965-08-06. In his next game, Fleming #356, taped in Studio 6A 1965-07-20, aired Monday, 1965-08-09, he was defeated by challenger Bob Bovard.
"VA-46 Photograph Album". The Skyhawk Association. Archived from the original on October 22, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2008. See "Greenie Board" image Archived March 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine for chronology.
"USS Forrestal (CV-59)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. August 2, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008. Regarding use (c), states either Aircraft No. 405 piloted by LCDR Fred D. White or No. 416 piloted by LCDR John McCain was struck by the Zuni. See also Stewart, Henry P. The Impact of the USS Forrestal's 1967 Fire on United States Navy Shipboard Damage Control. Fort Leavenworth: Army Command and General Staff College. Which states that Aircraft No. 405 piloted by LCDR Fred D. White was hit and does not mention McCain. Freeman's Sailors to the End states that McCain's plane was hit and does not mention White.
"John McCain's Navy Records: Citations" (PDF). United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 1, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008. As indicated by Kuhnhenn, Jim (May 7, 2008). "Navy releases McCain's military record". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 24, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
Goble, Paul (January 19, 2009). "Soviet Officer Who Shot Down John McCain in Vietnam Dies". Window on Eurasia for Moldova.org. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
Lieut. Commander John S. McCain III, United States Navy (May 14, 1973). "How the POW's Fought Back". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. (reposted under title "John McCain, Prisoner of War: A First-Person Account", January 28, 2008). Reprinted in Library of America staff (1998). Reporting Vietnam, Part Two: American Journalism 1969–1975. Library of America. ISBN 1-883011-59-0. pp. 434–63. Used to support direct quotes from McCain, or to fill in details not given by other sources.
A number of Vietnamese have claimed to have led the McCain rescue effort in Trúc Bạch Lake, but the one most often credited, including by the Vietnamese government in the 1990s, was Mai Van On. He and McCain met in Hanoi in 1996, but McCain did not mention him in his 1999 memoir and it is unclear whether he believed On's account. On's story also does not completely agree with the well-known photograph showing a number of Vietnamese pulling McCain ashore. See "McCain's Vietnam rescuer talks". Associated Press. February 24, 2000. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2008.; Alexander, Man of the People, pp. 47–49; and Parry, Simon (June 27, 2008). "Wartime rescuer of John McCain dies a forgotten hero". Thaindian News. Deutsche Presse-Agentur. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved June 28, 2008. See also the October 5, 2008, Dobbs article in The Washington Post, which credits paper factory worker Tran Lua.
Frisbee, John L. (February 1989). "Valor en Masse". Air Force Magazine. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
Cronin, Michael; Day, Bud; Gaither, Ralph; Galanti, Paul; Schierman, Wesley; Swindle, Orson (October 26, 2007). "A Trip Downtown". National Review Online. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
McCain, Faith of My Fathers, pp. 227–28. It is not clear from McCain's account in which year the cross episode took place. Fellow POW Orson Swindle vaguely recalls McCain telling it to him in 1971. See York, Byron (August 18, 2008). "Fellow POW: I Remember McCain Telling the "Cross in the Dirt" Story". National Review Online. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2008. Decades later, McCain related this Good Samaritan story during his presidential campaigns, as a testament to faith and humanity. See "Excerpt From McCain's Speech on Religious Conservatives". The New York Times. February 29, 2000. Retrieved December 26, 2007. and "New TV Ad: 'My Christmas Story'". John McCain 2008. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2007. For an analysis casting doubt on the cross tale and speculating it may have been conflated with another guard episode McCain experienced, see Sullivan, Andrew (August 18, 2008). "The Dirt In The Cross Story, Ctd". The Daily Dish. The Atlantic. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
"U.S. Fliers Well Treated, Hanoi Says". The Washington Post. United Press International. June 6, 1969. See also same UPI story in "Tape Has McCain's Son Praising Red Doctors" (PDF). Stars and Stripes. June 6, 1969. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
Stephens, Andy (February 12, 2007). "Operation Homecoming marks end of Vietnam War". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
Kerr, Jessie Lynne (October 25, 2008). "The McCain Connection: His family moved to Orange Park in 1966; The following years profoundly shaped the presidential candidate's future". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2008.
Leary, Alex (July 20, 2008). "John McCain: From Orange Park to White House?". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on July 21, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
"Chapter 2: Attack Squadron Histories for VA-154 to VA-174" (PDF). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons – Volume 1. Naval Historical Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2008. Retrieved March 1, 2008. pp. 248–51.
Scheiber, Noam (August 20, 2008). "Made Man". The New Republic. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
Collins, Nancy (July 2007). "Cindy McCain: Myth vs. Reality". Harper's Bazaar. Archived from the original on January 31, 2008. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
Bailey, Holly (June 30, 2008). "In Search of Cindy McCain". Newsweek. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
Sanger-Katz, Margot (December 31, 2007). "After war, a personal renewal". Concord Monitor. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2008.

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A film of the Forrestal fire called Learn or Burn, incorporating the flight deck video of the fire, was used in United States Navy damage control classes for many years; see Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships – Forrestal. A portion of the video was made available by McCain's presidential campaign; see Forrestal. February 24, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2008 – via YouTube.

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