Approximate translation: "On 26 October 1967 near Truc Bach Lake in the capital, Hanoi, the citizens and military caught Pilot John Sidney McCain. The US Navy Air Force Aviator was flying aircraft A4, which crashed near Yen Phu power station. This was one of ten aircraft shot down that same day."
-- Description of the Vietnamese memorial to Senator John Sidney McCain III (29 August 1936 - 25 August 2018) at his Vietnam War crash site, courtesy of uswarmemorials.org
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I didn't agree with a lot of his politics. But I definitely think he was a great American. And just the fact he was occasionally willing to admit he'd been wrong, for instance on the Iraq War -- wins him major points.
RIP John Sidney McCain III.
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