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Navy releases McCain's military record
AP ^ | May 7, 2008 | JIM KUHNHENN

Posted on 05/08/2008 7:51:34 AM PDT by tlb

WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain's Navy record boils down to a series of unadorned paragraphs that bestow upon him some of the nation's top military honors.

The Navy recently released McCain's military record - most of it citations for medals during his Navy career - after a Freedom of Information Act request by The Associated Press.

McCain was awarded a Silver Star Medal for resisting "extreme mental and physical cruelties" inflicted upon him by his captors from late October to early December 1967, the early months of his captivity, according to the citation. The North Vietnamese, according to the Navy, ignored international agreements and tortured McCain "in an attempt to obtain military information and false confessions for propaganda purposes."

His captors tortured him and held him in solitary confinement. Still, he declined an offer of early release until those who had been at the prison longer than him were let go.

That decision earned McCain a Navy Commendation Medal. Although McCain was "crippled from serious and ill-treated injuries," he steadfastly refused offers of freedom from those holding him prisoner. "His selfless action served as an example to others and his forthright refusal, by giving emphasis to the insidious nature of such releases, may have prevented a possibly chaotic deterioration in prisoner discipline," the citation says.

McCain attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1954 to 1958, and was commissioned as an ensign in June of that year. He retired in April 1981 with the rank of captain. In that time he received 17 awards and decorations. Besides the Silver Star Medal, McCain also received the Legion of Merit with a combat "V" and one gold star, a Distinguished Flying Cross and a Bronze Star Medal with a combat "V" and two gold stars.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.myway.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; mccain; mccainrecord; navair; rino; usn; vietnamvets
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To: NonValueAdded

What happens to his sons when he becomes President?

Anybody know?


41 posted on 05/08/2008 8:32:19 AM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: tlb

Arriana Huffington and her screed of a rag need to be pilloried.

She’s a disgusting little turd.


42 posted on 05/08/2008 8:32:58 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Blue Turtle
his military record will not matter...the media is completely in bed with the tank for Obama...its all about race and identity politics and nothing else matters.

There, fixed it for you.

The MSM will leave no stone unturned in their effort to help elect him.

43 posted on 05/08/2008 8:35:17 AM PDT by Obadiah (I dream of the day when chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned!)
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To: DPMD
"If I’d just had more time, and more helicopters..."

And perhaps you'd have killed yourself and then we wouldn't be enjoying your opinion.

44 posted on 05/08/2008 8:35:28 AM PDT by davisfh ( Islam is a serious mental illness)
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To: Abathar

The Associated Press requested his record under the Freedom of Information Act. McCain himself did not release this to the news.


45 posted on 05/08/2008 8:39:06 AM PDT by Carolinamom
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To: greatvikingone
Several kids get sacrificed so that the gloves can be stocked in the Pentagon.

IOW, they would - and should - be taken out of harms way so the President wouldn't be faced with the ultimate hostage crisis.

46 posted on 05/08/2008 8:39:18 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: jwalsh07

Good enough for me to hold my nose and vote for the lib.


47 posted on 05/08/2008 8:39:24 AM PDT by east1234 (It's the borders stupid!)
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To: Argus

Only McCain himself can blow his chances for beating Obama.

Obama can’t beat him, he can only beat himself.


48 posted on 05/08/2008 8:39:36 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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To: tlb

This is interesting. Thanks for posting.


49 posted on 05/08/2008 8:40:55 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: Argus
Benedict Arnold earned a lot more medals and did a hell of a lot more than McCain could ever hope to do for this country, would you vote for him if he was alive today and had an R after his name?

For me and a whole lot of other folks, all three of the current candidates don't deserve to be President.

50 posted on 05/08/2008 8:42:08 AM PDT by Post-Neolithic (Money only makes Communists rich Communists)
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To: nmh

You are quickly becoming an insufferable bore.


51 posted on 05/08/2008 8:42:08 AM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools these mortals be!")
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To: DPMD

You don’t even come close. If you hate the guy, fine, hate him; but to think that you are his equal is crap.

I’m not in love with the guy, but if he can appoint conservative Supreme Court judges, prosecute the war, and maybe can be brow beaten into a border fence, then that’s what we’ve got to work with.

I don’t know of many who could carry his jock strap as a military hero.


52 posted on 05/08/2008 8:43:40 AM PDT by burroak
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To: Blue Turtle
I agree that a military record does not matter in qualifying for POTUS. McVeigh also had a great military record. And General Grant, as successful as he was in military affairs, did not make a good POTUS.
53 posted on 05/08/2008 8:45:40 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Abathar

“He won’t pound his own chest....”

He can’t. His arms were so injured that he can’t make that move.


54 posted on 05/08/2008 8:45:49 AM PDT by burroak
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To: Ouderkirk

Plus let’s not forget that Ted Kennedy managed to launch a floor fight in 1980, despite the fact that he only had 1/3 of the delegates and no real case for being more electable than Carter. Hillary, meanwhile, has a delegate percentage deep in the forties and has a clear case for being a stronger nominee than Barry.

I think Obama will be the nominee, but there will definitely be a floor fight...and riots.


55 posted on 05/08/2008 8:45:57 AM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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To: calcowgirl

That’s not nearly all of his record. I don’t see any FITREPs (performance appraisals) for example.

Due to privacy rules, complete military records cannot be released without the consent of the military member. Unless McCain signs the same form Kerry has refused to sign (SF-180, I believe) we won’t get McCain’s complete record either. It will be interesting to see if the media pressures McCain to release the same records that Kerry refused to.


56 posted on 05/08/2008 8:47:50 AM PDT by LadyNavyVet (The NC GOP is McCain's maverick.)
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To: 1066AD
McCain is not modest. Haven't you seen some of his ads that emphasize his military career. Now, however, he is starting to lose it. Among his many gaffes - yesterday when he was at Wake Forest, NC he thought he was in West Virginia.
57 posted on 05/08/2008 8:49:06 AM PDT by Dante3
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To: Blue Turtle

The media is poised to take anything they can find and use it to sink McCain. They chose him as the Republican candidate, had a love affair with him in the primaries (I suppose they thought he’d be the easiest to beat) and are now ready to get down and dirty.


58 posted on 05/08/2008 8:49:12 AM PDT by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT !!!)
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To: Dante3
I don't see much correlation between good military service and good political service.

Sure, there are the Duncan Hunters of the world.

There are also the John Glenns.

As a Naval Officer, John McCain served this great republic with honor and distinction.

As a Senator ... not so much.

(And yes, I know: clinton/obama is beyond disgusting.)

59 posted on 05/08/2008 8:49:28 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Post-Neolithic

“...all three of the current candidates don’t deserve to be President.”

So....stay home.


60 posted on 05/08/2008 8:50:58 AM PDT by burroak
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