I rere ia i tona 23 misioni whakaeke i runga i Te Tai Tokerau Vietnam, ka ko tona A-4E Skyhawk i patua e te pere i runga i Hanoi. whati McCain rua ringa, me te waewae, no te i rere ia i te waka rererangi, a tata horomia i muri i hinga ia parachuted ki Trúc Bạch Lake. etahi North Vietnamese i kukume ia ki uta, na etahi atu pakaru tona pokohiwi ki te patene, me te bayoneted ia. ka kawea McCain ki Hanoi matua Hỏa Lò Prison, tapaina te "Hanoi Hilton". Ahakoa McCain i kino whara, me te whara, kihai i tona captors whiua ia. ui ratou ia ki a ia, a ka hoatu ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia ia
Te Tai Tokerau o Vietnam