My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Friday, September 14, 2018
John S. McCain, Jr.-- Part 2: Strong Family Presence in the U.S. Navy
His father, John S. McCain Sr. was an admiral in the U.S. Navy and a naval aviator, and the two became the first father-son pair to achieve the four-star rank of admiral.
His son, John S. McCain III, was a former naval aviator (and USNA graduate as was his father and grandfather) who was a prisoner of North Vietnam during his father's time as CINCPAC who retired with the rank of captain and became a U.S. senator from Arizona and was the 2008 Republican nominee for president.
Two grandsons are now in the U.S. Navy and Marines.
--GreGen
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