Check out this interesting article from the Rapid City Journal's Kevin Woster. Its a short read, but very interesting. Here's an excerpt, but I really recommend reading the whole thing here. (RCJ; Aug 14, 06)
The Thune-McCain connection made the news last week. Turns out Sen. John Thune is bringing Sen. John McCain of Arizona to South Dakota this October for an event in Sioux Falls.
That's pretty cool. McCain makes news wherever he goes. And he and Thune are getting to be pretty good pals through their work on the Senate Armed Services Committee and an earlier trip to Iraq.
But there's another Thune-McCain connection. And this one goes back to World War II and the militarily stormy skies over the Pacific.
Thune's dad, Harold, was a Navy pilot flying some pretty hairy combat missions against the Japanese under the wide umbrella command of McCain's grandfather, John Sidney McCain.
Actually, that's Admiral John Sidney McCain Sr., a major figure in U.S. military history and the guy who signed the letter authorizing Harold Thune to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross back in December of 1944.
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