Word: halsey
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McCain's grandfather John S. ("Slew") McCain was the World War II commander of a legendary task force under Admiral William Halsey. When he would pass through the U.S. during the war, McCain's mother would wake up the kids in the middle of the night and sit them on the sofa so she could take pictures of them with their famous grandfather. He died of a sudden heart attack five days after he stood on the deck of the battleship Missouri to watch the Japanese surrender. The obituary ran on the front page of the New York Times; President...