vietnam war who were prisoners of war with john mccain. colonel john fir and commander alvarez, thank you all for being here. colonel fur, you were not only a prisoner of war, you were his cellmate for two of the five.5 years he was held captive you were as well. can you even begin to describe what he was like in such close quarters in such bad conditions? no, now when you see john under those conditions, you learn that there is a deep inner strength that comes from many sources of john, he was a composite, he really was, he was a composite of all the values that murkel bodies interest you saw that even then? smr there was no question about it. there was no question about it. we had a lot of discussions about leadership and our obligations to serve america and
lives. john mccain was held captive five.5 years. over the past few days, there are many people that made the point they appreciate that service a great deal, even though many did not always agree with his politics. clearly here today as she comes to honor those lost in the war. they have come to connhonor her. can you see the family and the motorcade there and her husband. you see they ve already gathered. they re awaiting the u.s. military honor guard the body bearers. they will take the casket down those stairs and into the casket. the motorcade will then head over to the vietnam veteran s memorial. our presidential historian doug las brinkley is watching this. give us some historic am perspective. you know we play a quip a minute a go where john mccain said i have no quarrel with god.