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He went onto spend 31 years serving his country. senator john mccain was shot out of the sky, sank to the bottom of a line and survived after five years of torture. if you wonder about his time in captivity, listen to him struggle to speak as he laid in agony. >> i would just like to tell -- >> in a few hours the final details of senator mccains funeral plans are set to be announced. wednesday would have been his 82nd birthday. hell be at the arizona state capit capitol. the public is invited to...

Without bitterness and anger but you direct it in ways that seem constructive as john mccain and you did by writing this book? >> i think no one builds a positive structure on a negative foundation, and we try to stay professional. in the end it wasnt about survival. it was about survival with honor. we wanted you all to be proud of us. and that was a powerful motivation. besides the fact that were all a bunch of fighter pilots, and as we could, hang together knowing that we were in isolation or...

Gave me reason to live. >> over the next five and a half years in captivity, he was to repeated torture and experienced frequent bouts of dysentery and constant isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for two years. that tested his will to live and his belief system. >> every day was about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1972, the u.s. dramatically increased its bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get the vietnamese to the negotiating table. >> thats what caused the co...

>> i remember the incredible joy of seeing two american faces and gave me reason to live. >> over the next five and a half years in captivity, he was to repeated torture and experienced frequent bouts of dysentery and constant isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for two years. that tested his will to live and his belief system. >> every day was about one thing, survival. >> by christmas 1972, the u.s. dramatically increased its bombing runs over north vietnam in an effort to get th...

Interrogated him, but mccain would not cooperate. >> you were told during your training that the only information you were obligated to give was your name, rank, serial number and date of birth. >> mccains injuries were left untreated. he developed a horrible infection and subsequent fever. the naval aviator was near death, but the north vietnamese had a change of heart and decided to treat mccain once they realized just who his father was. >> his father was in charge of all u.s. forces in the p...

Saturday all americans held prisoners of war throughout indo-china will be released. >> as part of the negotiations the americans held in captivity were released. 5 1/2 years after he was pulled from that lake in hanoi john mccain finally was free. >> mccain had aged so dramatically from the young man who had crashed his plane, and when he came down the steps in california and was greeted and went across the tarmac it was such a dramatic moment. >> coming up -- >> the notion that anyone would qu...

In the states. free from his nightmare at the hanoi hilton, he resumed his playboy ways. >> he would acknowledge after he returned home there was a time when he was sort of finding himself again. >> his marriage to his wife, carol, whom he wed shortly before leaving for vietnam, fell apart. >> i had no idea why i behaved irresponsib irresponsibly. i did so, and it was improper on my part. >> mccains naval career was also at a cross-roads. >> it was clear i think to him he was never going to beco...

John mccain, he served it nobly and admirally as anybody. >> we talk about john mccain as a war hero and the years he spent in captivity and several of those at the infamous hanoi hilton. he could have left captivity sooner and his father was a admiral and had the opportunity to walk out of that prison and come home, he did not. he stayed and that was -- i think sort of changed his life, this life of service and sacrifice. >> i think thats absolutely right. he deterred and refused early release....

Saturday, all americans held prisoners of war throughout indo-china will be released. >> as part of the negotiations, the americans held in captivity were released. five and a half years after he was pulled from that lake, john mccain finally was free. >> mccain had aged so dramatically from the young man who crashed his plane. when he came down the steps in california and greeted and limped across the tarmac it was such a dramatic moment. coming up. >> the notion that anyone would question hi...

>> as part of the negotiations, the americans held in captivity were released. five and a half years after he was pulled from that lake, john mccain finally was free. >> mccain had aged so dramatically from the young man who crashed his plane. when he came down the steps in california and greeted and limped across the tarmac it was such a dramatic moment. coming up. >> the notion that anyone would question his honesty or integrity was so antithetical to who he was that i think he was at the po...