A glimpse into the horrors of
Colonel George "Bud" Day and his cell-mate John McCain in a tiny cell for more than 5 years of torture in captivity at the Hanoi Hilton.
Day has been awarded the Medal of Honor, Air Force Cross, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Hearts, in fact, more than 70 medals and awards. He calls John McCain a hero, and thinks voters deserve to know more about his Hanoi Hilton cell mate.
McCain, a man whose father and grandfather were renowned Admirals, was a prized propaganda prisoner for the enemy. The Colonel says their captors called McCain “the Prince.”
McCain was more than half dead when Day first laid eyes on his fellow POW.
“I took one look at him and my brain instantly said they dropped this guy off on me to claim that we let him die. He was just emaciated, very, very skinny, in this awful body cast.”
McCain himself today continues to suffer the injuries of torture. He still cannot raise his arms above his shoulders. But he does not like to talk about his time as a prisoner of war.
“he just doesn’t trade on that. I think he feels that it’s wrong to trade on being a hero, but he is.”
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A glimpse into the horrors of Colonel George "Bud" Day and his cell-mate John McCain in a tiny cell for more than 5 years of torture in captivity at the Hanoi Hilton.
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