[Taxman]

I would not have wanted to be in the Hanoi Hilton, either. In fact, I have often wondered how I might have managed had I been incarcerated there.

Probably not well.

McCain did not manage his captivity well, either.

So far, I have found two articles that take McCain to task:

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/07/no_author/john-mccain-is-no-hero/

and

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/john-mccain-make-believe-maverick-202004/

[Sam_Damon]

Thank you for the links.

The Lew Rockwell story you linked has been debunked multiple times on FR, mostly by people who were there. Look here, there are also a lot of links to the Forrestal fire as well:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3315753/posts?page=66#66

As for the Rolling Stone article, I find that rather believable. It does lend perspective. I will have to look up writings from his fellow PoWs. Best to find original source material.

I kinda think Erich Hartmann’s view on Soviet captivity has some weight to it, as far as McCain’s stay in the Hanoi Hilton. He is supposed to have said:

“Only those who have experienced Soviet captivity are eligible to valid opinons concerning it.”