This was a reference document created by the Department of Defense, of all personnel that were Prisoners of War (POWs) or Missing in Action (MIA) in Southeast Asia with their status as of November 1993.

You will find John McCain listed, among many others.

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Defense Prisoner of War Missing in Action Office Reference Document, November 1993 [53 Pages, 2.28MB]

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The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War – by Commander John S. McCain, United States Navy

Individual Research Project: The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War by John S. McCain, U.S. Navy

POW: It Can Happen to You! [49 Pages]

Performance of American POWS in the Vietnam War : adequate training or creative leadership? by Scott A. Arcuri

Prisoner of War Negotiations – Korea and Vietnam (Master Thesis) [93 Pages, 12.68mb]

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According to Wikipedia:

John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election. McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into the United States Navy, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he was almost killed in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. In October 1967, while on a bombing mission over Hanoi, he was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese. He was a prisoner of war until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of torture, and refused an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer. His war wounds left him with lifelong physical limitations.

Below you will find documents relating to McCain during this era.

Navy Personnel Command Documents relating to Senator John S. McCain, United States Navy

https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/mccain/JohnMcCainDocuments.pdf

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Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is a former Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. Lynch served in Iraq during the 2003 invasion by U.S. and allied forces. On March 23, 2003 she was injured and captured by Iraqi forces but was recovered on April 1 by U.S. special operations forces, with the incident subsequently receiving considerable news coverage.Lynch, along with major media outlets, has since accused the U.S. government of embellishing the story as part of the Pentagon’s propaganda effort.

The following was obtained under the FOIA from the DoD.  It was obtained of one DVD and one CD-R. You can download the raw files below, or watch the embedded players for ease of viewing.

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Jessica Lynch Rescue Video DVD (Uncompressed) [ 3.6GB ] Please note: This file is incredibly large, and is more than 3.5 gigs in size.  This is for use for broadcast television and other needs for a high quality.  Please credit The Black Vault. ( Compressed MPEG-4 version )

Video #1 [ 12.4 MB ]

Video #2 [ 6.5 MB ]

Video #3 [ 7.0 MB ]

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