Vietnam remembers John McCain with flowers, tributes
John McCain's Hanoi Hilton jailor recalls 'stubborn' POW (AFP/Inform)
LCdr. John S. McCain, USN, is shown in this undated photo lying injured in North Vietnam wearing an arm cast. He was a held prisoner during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/CBS)
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 1, 2017. A possible U.S. Senate vacancy in Arizona would be temporarily filled by a Republican appointee in the event of the death of McCain, who is battling cancer, but it's unclear whether an election would be held in November or 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
HANOI, Vietnam — People in Vietnam are paying their respects to U.S. Sen. John McCain who was held as prisoner of war in Vietnam and later was instrumental in bringing the wartime foes together.
McCain died of brain cancer Saturday in his home state of Arizona, which he had served over six terms in the U.S. Senate.
People paid tribute to McCain at the U.S Embassy in Hanoi on Monday and also at the monument built where he parachuted from his Navy Skyhawk dive bomber in October 1967 and was taken prisoner of war. He was held more than five years at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison.
McCain and former Sen. John Kerry played an important role in the bilateral normalization of relations in 1995.
