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PHOTOS: McCain laid to rest at Naval Academy in Annapolis

See photos from John McCain's final farewell at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was laid to rest Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018.

Amelia Brust@abrustWFED

September 3, 2018 10:36 am

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Midshipmen salute the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as a horse-drawn caisson transports his flag-draped casket to the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery for his burial service on Sept. 2, 2018. McCain graduated from the academy in 1958. He was a pilot in the United States Navy from 1958 until 1981 and from 1967 to 1973 was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

(U.S. Navy/2nd Class Nathan Burke)

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a former Navy pilot, Vietnam era prisoner of war and veteran lawmaker was laid to rest a week after his death to brain cancer at age 81. He was buried at the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, following a ceremony attended by his family, Defense leaders and academy midshipmen. Crowds also gathered to watch his casket’s procession to the Naval Academy Chapel on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018.