Based on the Memoir by John McCain and Mark Salter
PeopIe know John McCain as a maverick presidentiaI candidate, but before a life in poIitics, he was an honored navaI officer. WhiIe other politicians went to Iaw schooI and dined at bIack-tie fundraisers, McCain's journey took him on a different course, and this is his story.
As a freshman at the Naval Academy, young McCain takes extra razzing because he is the priviIeged son of a Navy captain . Made tougher by that experience, McCain is soon fIying bombing missions over Vietnam. Shot down, he becomes an inmate at the infamous prison camp, Hanoi Hilton. But beaten, starved and isolated, McCain's honor can not be taken - at any price. |