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Jack McCain
Admiral + Military Person
Male
Born
Jan 17, 1911
Hometown
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Died
Mar 22, 1981
Death Place
North Atlantic
Other Names
Jack
John Sidney "Jack" McCain Jr. was a United States Navy admiral, who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command. McCain grew up in Washington, D.C. and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1911
Birth
Born on January 17, 1911.
TEENAGE
TWENTIES
1931
20 Years Old
He graduated in 1931, finishing 423rd out of 441 in class rank, eighteenth from the bottom.
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1934
23 Years Old
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In 1934, McCain was praised for loyalty and for performing his duties very well, but his fitness report said he suffered from nervousness, and he was treated for weight loss at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital.
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1938
27 Years Old
From 1938 to 1940, he returned to the Naval Academy for a stint of teaching electrical engineering to midshipmen.
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1940
29 Years Old
In 1940 and early 1941, he sailed in the more modern Skipjack (commanded by Larry Freeman) as part of the Pacific Fleet's SubDiv 15, under Captain Ralph Christie.
THIRTIES
On March 18, 1944, on patrol off Tawi Tawi, the main Japanese fleet anchorage in the Philippines, McCain got another shot at a carrier.
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After the end of the war, McCain remained in the Navy and his family settled in Northern Virginia. He was assigned as Director of Records to the Bureau of Naval Personnel until early 1949.
From February through November 1950, McCain was executive officer of the heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul, and from June 1950 was involved in the early stages of the Korean War, joining Task Force 77 to patrol the Formosa Strait.
FORTIES
McCain was promoted to rear admiral in November 1958.
1960
49 Years Old
From 1960 to 1962, McCain held commands in the Atlantic, including Amphibious Group 2 and Amphibious Training, and served on Taconic and Mount McKinley.
FIFTIES
1962
51 Years Old
He was Chief of Naval Information from 1962 to 1963, initiating the post and garnering influence with the Washington press that would aid his career.
Following the April 1963 loss of the nuclear submarine Thresher, he explained to the public why the search for the wreckage would be lengthy and difficult, and defended the Navy against charges that it had been tardy in disclosing details of the disaster.
1964
53 Years Old
Later in 1964, McCain commanded the Operation Steel Pike exercise off the coast of Spain, which was the largest amphibious landing ever in peacetime; he would be awarded be a gold star in lieu of a Legion of Merit for this operation.
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In April 1965, McCain led the United States invasion of the Dominican Republic as commander of Task Force 124, which maintained a military occupation until civil unrest had ended.
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In February 1967, McCain received his sought-after promotion to admiral (which became effective in May), and became Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR), stationed in London.
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1968
57 Years Old
In April 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, McCain was named by President Johnson as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC), effective in July 1968, stationed in Honolulu and commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater.
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When the Nixon Administration took office in January 1969, the secret National Security Study Memorandum 1 collected views of top officials on the prospects for President Richard Nixon's policy of Vietnamization.
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McCain did not give much credence to the anti-Vietnam War movement; in reaction to the popular slogan "Make love, not war," he told a 1970 Naval Academy class that they were part of a fraternity "whose members are men enough to do both."
LATE ADULTHOOD
When Lon Nol suffered a stroke in early 1971, he recuperated at McCain's guesthouse in Honolulu.
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In March 1972, the Nixon administration announced Admiral Noel Gayler as McCain's successor as CINCPAC, despite McCain's unheeded request to Nixon to have his tour extended so that he could see the war to its conclusion.
He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on March 27, 1981.
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