Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: McCain akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri kubva muna July 1973 uye akapinda National War College muFort McNair muWashington, D.C. mugore rechikoro ra1973-1974. Ikoko akadzidza zvikuru nhau yeVietnam ne
Hondo dzeFrench neAmerica ikoko, uye akanyora "The Code of Conduct and the Vietnam Prisoners of War", pepa rakareba pamusoro pechiitiko chevasungwa vehondo veVietnam somuedzo weU.S. Code of Conduct. Panguva yaakapedza kudzidza, akagumisa kuti zvikanganiso zvevatungamiriri vezvematongerwe enyika nevechiuto vokuAmerica zvakanga zvaparadza hondo yacho. Iye akagamuchira kodzero yesangano rinorwisana nehondo muU.S. kuva rakashandisa rusununguko rwavo rwokuratidzira, uye iye akagamuchira chimiro chokurarama-uye-kurega-kurarama kuavo vakanga vatiza kunyorwa. Uyewo kuchinja kukuru kwetsika dzevanhu vokuAmerica kwakanga kwaitika panguva yaakanga asipo hakuna kumunetsa, sezvakanga zvaita vamwe vakawanda vaimbova vasungwa vehondo. McCain akadzokera kuSaigon muna November 1974; iye nevamwe vaviri vaimbova vasungwa vehondo vakagamuchira National Order yeVietnam, rukudzo rukuru rwenyika iyoyo. Akataurawo pakoreji yehondo yeSouth Vietnamese, mwedzi mishanu Saigon isati yadonha. McCain akatsunga kusava "musungwa wehondo ane unyanzvi" asi kupfuurira mberi nokuvakazve upenyu hwake. Vashomanene vakafunga kuti McCain aigona kubhururukazve, asi akanga akatsunga kuedza, uye mukati menguva iyi akapinda mumwedzi mipfumbamwe yokurapa kwomuviri kunonetesa, kunorwadza, zvikurukuru kuita kuti mabvi ake atendeuke zvakare.