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  • What did "Slew" McCain sound like?

    04/03/2009 9:15:34 AM PDT · by scotisle · 5 replies · 487+ views
    I'm sorry if this is off-topic, but I'm finishing a documentary on the sinking of the USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. John S. "Slew" McCain, John McCain's grandfather, was instrumental in the idea of Independence-class light carriers and I have a spoken voiceover from a report he wrote in 1939. However, I can't find any sound film of him (he died a few days after the signing of the Japanese surrender in September 1945.) He was from Mississippi. Anybody know what he sounded like? I'm looking for a voiceover actor and the WWII...
  • Records shed light on career of McCain's father

    05/30/2008 12:18:59 PM PDT · by SmithL · 49 replies · 77+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 5/30/8 | LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
    WASHINGTON - As John S. McCain Jr. started down the road toward four-star admiral, he hit a bump. ADVERTISEMENT McCain, the father of presidential candidate John McCain, was smitten by a pretty blond coed, Roberta Wright. The 22-year-old ensign left his ship, without permission, to elope. "Showed lack of judgment," his commanding officer concluded. "He might have readily obtained such permission to get married." McCain was suspended for five days. This youthful indiscretion went into McCain's military personnel file, a 4-inch-thick stack of documents released to The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act. McCain apologized for his infraction,...