and spent five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war at the notorious Hanoi Hilton. Future Arizona senator and 2006 Republican presidential candidate John McCain was among his cellmates.

Two days later, he found himself at Hỏa Lò, better known as the Hanoi Hilton – where US prisoners including future presidential candidate John McCain were brutally tortured during years of ...

John McCain, a giant of American politics who ... better known as the "Hanoi Hilton," was made more impressive by his refusal to be repatriated before all of the American POWs captured before ...

[file, Reuters] U.S. Senator John McCain was a “symbol of his generation ... He spent years as a prisoner of war at Hoa Lo prison - or the “Hanoi Hilton”, as it was known to American ...

Would I like to come by and meet John ... Hanoi, and may it be years more before they are needed to sum up a career of thoroughly honorable service that, if less than perfect by John McCain ...

John McCain was the Vietnam war hero who became ... On 26 Oct 1967 he was shot down while flying a mission over Hanoi. Badly injured - having fractured both arms and a leg when he ejected ...

John McCain ... is "a very good man." McCain is a Vietnam veteran. He spent six years as a prisoner of war after he was nearly killed when his plane was shot down over Hanoi in 1967.

He’ll also visit a Hanoi memorial honoring his late friend and colleague Sen. John McCain, who was held for more than five years as a prisoner during the Vietnam War. Biden met with Prime ...

Ex-presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush have paid tribute to Senator John McCain at ... went into politics, Mr McCain was a US Navy pilot who was shot down over Hanoi while on a bombing ...