Talk:John S. McCain Sr.

Serious need of improvement
McCain was a major figure in World War II and deserves a much fuller article than this in its present form, which seems to be mostly genealogy of only marginal relevance. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.231.245.243 (talk) 22:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The book "Halsey's Storm" has a good deal about "Stew" McCain and would be a good place to start with fixing this bio. He was a very important figure in WWII and you would have no idea about this from reading this bio. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.213.146 (talk) 04:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * There isn't very much about McCain on the web. So, someone is going to have to crack open a book or two in order to improve this article significantly.  Whoever does it, please make sure to inline cite the source. Cla68 (talk) 00:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No cites for the posthumous award of a combat action ribbon. The CAR is retroactive to 07 Dec 41, eligibility is limited to Captain (O6) and below. McCain made RADM (O7) in Jan 1941 making him ineligible for the CAR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.197.21.160 (talk) 18:23, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Multiple edits on January 14, 2008
Sorry for making so many edits to this article today. It took me that many tries to get it right; sometimes I forget to preview before saving. Anyway, no mischief afoot. Yellow-bellied sapsucker (talk) 17:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Descent from Robert the Bruce?
This statement is factually incorrect "His grandson John S. McCain III claims royal descent on his campaign website". The article clearly states that ''McCain’s family roots in Europe are Scotch-Irish. His great-aunt was a descendant of Robert the Bruce, an early Scottish king.'' Well It is a clear fact that no one is the direct descendant of their "great aunt" (notwithstanding incestuous relationships). It is also clear that if this aunt were the sister of one of McCain's direct ancestors, say his great-grandfather or great-grandmother, then we would say that his direct ancestor claimed descent from Robert the Bruce. The fact that it is only his great-aunt that claims this descent implies that he is related to Robert the Bruce by marriage, and is therefore not a direct descendant. I'm going to amend the text. Alun (talk) 08:04, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Cause of Death
What exactly was McCain's cause of death? Jaedglass (talk) 03:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

McCain, JO
"McCain took part in the Great White Fleet's world cruise". Just to be clear, I deleted refs Nimitz et al 'cause there's no causal relationship between the GWF cruise & rising to flag rank, & "many JOs" as flaming obvious, unless you think the ships were crewed entirely by ABs. It would, however, be of value to mention what ship McCain served in during the cruise.... Also, tho I don't think there's an article yet, I'd distinguish "aviator" from "naval aviator"... TREKphiler  hit me ♠  19:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

His father's name
Are we sure his father's name was John S. Mccain? Would he still be called J.S.M Senior in this case? and his grandson JSM III? --Valleyofdawn (talk) 14:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is a known oddity of the McCain family history. They didn't start the "chaining" until after one generation with the same name.  Wasted Time R (talk) 05:17, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

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Cover-up of Isaeli Attack on US Warship "Liberty"
No mention is made of his role in the cover-up.66.25.171.16 (talk) 05:56, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Likely because no reliable sources exist to support that statement. If you have some, please present them. clpo13(talk) 23:36, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's probably because that event, the USS Liberty incident, occurred 22 years after he died. He died in 1945, the Liberty incident was in 1967. 73.194.85.220 (talk) 21:28, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

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