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Serve the navy and came from a family with a long heritage of military service. our next guest knew him in the navy not long after he was freed for more than five years in captivity. john mccain was his commanding officer. retired u.s. navy captain, chuck nash joins us now. captain, he was your commanding officer, at an air station in jacksonville. i imagine he was really tough but fair. >> i will tell you, eric, john mccain, he is very well known, obviously. but he was among many of the heroes ...

Back to me but he was always trying to remind people of their better angles and he would let his dander get up. i remember years ago in the mid- 19 90s he was on a show on pbs and they were talking about the vietnam war in his captivity and there was an administration official from the johnson era who was there and he said id still be held there if you were still in charge. he was not afraid to get people a piece of his mind there. john: well, well, he had quite a reputation on capitol hill. at ...

Methods he believed were torture. he had bent subject of being tortured during his years captivity. nobody can take away from him the courage that he had when he was given a chance to get out of captivity early because of the status of his far it and grandfather as admirals, he refused. he said no im not going to go unless everybody gets to go. how many people would do that. a lot of people would have said ill do everything i can to get you out, but im going to check out of here. but he didnt. h...

Better angles and he would let his dander get up. i remember years ago in the mid- 19 90s he was on a show on pbs and they were talking about the vietnam war in his captivity and there was an administration official from the johnson era who was there and he said id still be held there if you were still in charge. he was not afraid to get people a piece of his mind there. john: well, well, he had quite a reputation on capitol hill. at henry telling us he had quite a sense of humor and he could be...

2022. john: im reading something that john mccain gave to news in a world of four in 1973 after he returned of his captivity and after the vietnam war was over. it was his first person account and talked about how the seeds of his political career may have implanted while he was in the hanoi hilton. it says that most important thing for survival is medication with someone. its vital to keep your mind occupied and some guys were interested in mathematics so they worked out complex formulas in the...

Staffer would come up and call john mccains hair. why would he do that? or she do that? because john mccain cannot lift his arms over his head because of his captivity. >> and the torture in north phenom. >> those scars stay long time. john: back with more on the passing and the life of senator john mccain. any object. any surface.

Methods he believed were torture. he had bent subject of being tortured during his years captivity. nobody can take away from him the courage that he had when he was given a chance to get out of captivity early because of the status of his far it and grandfather as admirals, he refused. he said no im not going to go unless everybody gets to go. how many people would do that. a lot of people would have said ill do everything i can to get you out, but im going to check out of here. but he didnt. h...

>> 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. >> the knowledge that his father was in charge of all u.s. armed forces in the pacific made john mccain a...

No one shooting at him that day in hanoi was trying to wound him. they were trying to blow him out of the sky. surviving that fall, that canopy -- that ejection, surviving being dragged out of the water and beaten up and then all of the horrible things that happened to him in captivity, including but not limited to more than one surgical procedure without any anesthesia at all during that famous propaganda interview that black and white film of which weve been showing all evening long. he was a ...

>> over the next five and a half years in captivity, he was subjected to repeated torture and experienced frequent bouts of dysentery and constant isolation. >> he was held in solitary confinement for two years. so, that tested his will to live. and his belief system. >> everyday was basically 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. >> and that, it is booeli...