ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 9月5日 02時52分

Photo by @davidalanharvey | This is the solitary confinement cell view Navy fighter pilot John McCain had for 2 of his 5.5 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. After being shot down over Hanoi in 1967, McCain was tortured to near suicide while held here at the “Hanoi Hilton”. Yet unbelievably in the 90’s McCain returned to Hanoi and spent an equivalent amount of time to make friends with his former enemies and to try and locate those missing in action and to generally wave a peace flag towards Vietnam. I was granted permission to go inside McCain’s cell to photograph for a post war story for @ナショナルジオグラフィック. I didn’t take a tape measure with me, yet I can tell you the cell couldn’t have been more than 10 feet long and about 5 feet wide. Even being in there for 10 minutes or so made 5 years seem impossible. Of course I was against a war with Vietnam in the first place and lamented the 250,000 Vietnamese and 55,000 Americans killed. I asked “why?” at the time and “why?” now. Nobody under 50 can even remember the circumstances and Vietnam is a popular tourist destination and trading partner. Yet alas, U.S. Senator McCain’s last war was with our current President over U.S. values and global diplomacy. McCain left this planet with his head held high. Whether one agreed with McCain politically or not, he is admired for standing tall in his convictions. Anyone who suffered this cell for his beliefs deserves a hero’s welcome. RIP John McCain. #johnmccain #vietnamwar #vietnam

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