Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakatairangahia a McCain ki te rangatira i te Hōngongoi 1973 ka haere ki te National War College i Fort McNair i Washington, DC i te tau ako 1973-1974. I reira i ako nui ai ia i te hītori o Vietnam me te
I whawhai a Wīwī me Amerika ki reira, ā, i tuhituhi i "The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War", he tuhinga roa e pā ana ki te wheako o te POW o Vietnam hei whakamātautau o te U.S. Code of Conduct. I te wā i puta ai ia, i whakatau ia ko ngā hapa a ngā kaiārahi tōrangapū me ngā kaiārahi hōia o Amerika i whakamate i te pakanga. I whakaaetia e ia te tika o te nekehanga anti-pakanga i roto i te U.S. ki te whakamahi i to ratou herekore ki te whakahe, a ka tangohia e ia he ahua ora-a-me-te-ora ki te hunga i karo i te kohinga. Kaore ano hoki i whakararuraru i a ia nga rereketanga nui o nga tikanga hapori o Amerika i puta i te wa i kore ai ia, pera i era atu o nga POW o mua. I hoki mai a McCain ki Saigon i te marama o Noema 1974; ko ia me etahi atu o nga POW o mua i whakawhiwhia ki te National Order of Vietnam, te honore nui o taua whenua. I kōrero hoki ia ki te whare wānanga whawhai o Vietnam ki te Tonga, e rima marama i mua i te hinganga o Saigon. I whakatauhia e McCain kia kaua e noho hei "PROFESSIONAL POW" engari kia anga whakamua me te hanga ano i tona oranga. He torutoru noa iho i whakaaro ka taea e McCain te rere anō, heoi i whakatauhia e ia kia whakamātau, ā, i tēnei wā i uru ia ki ngā marama e iwa o te maimoatanga tinana mamae, mamae, ina koa kia piko anō i ana turi.