Video shows McCain's release from Vietnamese prison

(NECN/AP) - AP Television News has exclusively acquired previously unseen footage showing the release of presidential candidate, and then prisoner of war, John McCain to the U.S. Military in Hanoi on March 14, 1973. A former reporter from Swedish broadcaster SVT, Erik Eriksson, said he found the video in the network's archives when he was looking for footage for a book he was writing about his experiences as a war correspondent in Vietnam. The footage shows McCain stepping off a bus with other prisoners. He has a pronounced limp but is not using crutches. read more

NECN | September 11, 2008

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