John S. McCain Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John S. McCain Jr.

United States admiral

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1981

Profession: military officer, submariner

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About John S. McCain Jr.

  • John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr.
  • (January 17, 1911 – March 22, 1981) was a United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command. The son of a naval officer, McCain grew up in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the U.S.
  • Naval Academy in 1931, after which he entered the submarine service.
  • During World War II he commanded submarines in several theaters of operation, was responsible for sinking several Japanese ships, and was decorated with both the Silver Star and Bronze Star.
  • After the war, he held a variety of commands, specializing in amphibious warfare.
  • He led the 1965 U.S.
  • invasion of the Dominican Republic.
  • He also served in several posts in Washington, including the Legislative Affairs Office and Chief of Naval Information, where he became influential in political affairs.
  • He was a staunch anti-Communist, and was such an advocate of a strong naval presence that he became known as "Mr.
  • Seapower". During the Vietnam War, McCain was Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC), commander of all U.S.
  • forces in the Vietnam theater from 1968 to 1972.
  • He was a stalwart supporter of President Richard Nixon's policy of Vietnamization.
  • McCain played a significant role in the militarization of U.S.
  • policy towards Cambodia, helping to convince Nixon to launch the 1970 Cambodian Incursion and establishing a personal relationship with Cambodian leader Lon Nol.
  • McCain was also a proponent of the 1971 incursion into Laos.
  • He retired from the Navy in 1972. His father, John S.
  • McCain Sr., was also an admiral in the Navy and was a naval aviator; the two were the first father-son pair to achieve four-star rank.
  • His son, John S.
  • McCain III, was a former naval aviator who was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam during McCain's time as CINCPAC, who retired with the rank of captain and then became a United States Senator and the 2008 Republican Party nominee for President of the United States.

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