He was subjected to rope bindings and repeated beatings every two hours for four days. In August 1968, a program of severe torture began on McCain. In March 1968, McCain was put into solitary confinement, where he would remain for two years. Thereafter, McCain was treated much more severely. Then he refused early release, which he says he saw as a public relations stunt by his captors, insisting that POWs held longer than him should be granted their freedom first. This allowed McCain to be insolent to the guards because he knew other American POWs did not have the freedom to do so. McCain perceived that he was not being treated as harshly as his fellow captives. But this still meant bad conditions, hostile abusive guards, poor food, and frequent boats of dysentery Early on, this son and grandson of high-ranking naval officers was accorded relatively privileged status. After his captors learned his father was Admiral McCain and he could be used for propaganda, he was given medical treatment.
He was denied medical treatment because his captors determined his wounds were fatal. He was taken to Hoa Lo Prison, also known as "Hanoi Hilton," where his captors refused to give him medical treatment. Thus, began John McCain's 5 1/2 years of captivity in North Vietnam. He was dragged from the lake and beaten by civilians along the shore. McCain ejected and landed badly injured in Truc Bach Lake. His plane was hit by a Russian made surface to air missile. This mission was his first encounter with the heavy air defenses deployed by the North Vietnamese in and around Hanoi. McCain was participating in an air raid on the Hanoi thermal power plant. On October 26, 1967, John McCain was flying an A-4E Skyhawk on his twenty-third mission over North Vietnam. Composed of CIA and Department of Defense files, a manuscript written by John McCain, audio of an oral history interview given by McCain, and other histories and photographs. McCain III and his time as a POW during the Vietnam War. 350 pages of documents related to John S.
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