#1. Senile old fool?
I must protest the age-ism!
McAnus was a senile young fool long before he became old. He was also a drunkard, a brawler, a skirt-chaser, an often slightly AWOL, messy disgrace of a Naval Officer, and perhaps the all-time worst airplane driver ever seen in US naval service.
The NVA did the Navy a favor by keeping him for a while. However, they also made him famous. Had he not been captured, he would be long retired by now with perhaps the rank of Lt. Commander. Last TDY: XO of the Mess Kit Repair Facility in 29 Palms.