Meghan McCain remembered her father, the late Sen. John McCain, in a poignant Veterans Day message shared on social media.
“Today on #VeteransDay we remember and honor those who have selflessly served and sacrificed. Those who have and continue to fight to protect our freedoms -I am forever grateful,” Meghan McCain, a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” tweeted on Sunday.
“I miss you so much Dad, thank you for showing me what fighting for something greater than yourself is,” she added.
Today on #VeteransDay we remember and honor those who have selflessly served and sacrificed. Those who have and continue to fight to protect our freedoms -I am forever grateful. I miss you so much Dad, thank you for showing me what fighting for something greater than yourself is. pic.twitter.com/WeWXNJqvj4
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) November 11, 2018
John McCain, a longtime senator and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in 1958. He would later become a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five years following the former naval aviator’s plane being shot down in 1967.
McCain died in August at the age of 81 due to glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Meghan McCain remembered her father’s public service record in September during an emotional tribute at his funeral held in Washington’s National Cathedral.
“We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness. The real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly. Nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. He was a great fire who burned bright,” she said.
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