John Sidney McCain Senior

John Sidney McCain Senior, known to his family as Sid and to his friends as Slew, was a naval aviator who became a four-star admiral. His grandson, John McCain, remembers him as a slight, gaunt, hawk-faced, and rail-thin man with a low timbre voice and a vivacious presence. He constantly smoked cigarettes he rolled himself and was notorious for living large. His early years contrasted with his latter ones in that he showed little aptitude for learning and constantly found himself in trouble when he was young. In spite of his status, he had little regard for his appearance and was often unkempt. The man was a born leader who succeeded because of his respect for those that were under his command. He was a brave man in combat, and was the first McCain in several hundred years to choose the Navy. He put all...