John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several commands during the Pacific War of World War II and was a pioneer of aircraft carrier operations. He and his son, John S. McCain Jr., were the first father-and-son pair to achieve four-star admiral rank in the U.S. Navy.

Headlines from September 6, 1945

Congressional Inquiry Predicted As Bills Ask Pearl Harbor Action; INQUIRY PREDICTED ON PEARL HARBOR

ATROCITIES BARED; Burning and Murder of 150 in Prison Camp at Palawan Told 19 PROTESTS CITE HORROR State Department Also Reveals Beheading of an Airman and Killing of Ship Survivors Foe Hit "Atrocity Campaigns" Palawan Massacre Told U.S. ACCUSES JAPAN IN CAPTIVE SLAYING Hands and Feet Set Afire

JAPAN'S PREMIER EXPLAINS DEFEAT; Tells Diet Nation Was Losing Fast Before Atom Bomb and Soviet Entry Sealed Fate JAPAN'S PREMIER EXPLAINS DEFEAT Future of Empire" Bid to Russia Described

CUTS OF 3 BILLION URGED BY TRUMAN; He Asks Congress to Rescind Appropriations No Longer Needed by War Agencies Some Cutbacks Not Included CUTS OF 3 BILLION URGED BY TRUMAN Further Cuts Are Proposed

Code of Japanese 'Cracked' in 1942

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