claim: "my grandfather came home from ... (world war ii) exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day."
author: john mccain
evidence_1: mar 26, 2008 ... my grandfather, who commanded the fast carrier task force under ... the war  exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day. ... home »  john mccain speech: world affairs council, la ... but leadership  today means something different than it did in the years after world war ii, ...
evidence_2: sep 4, 2008 ... in my life, no success has come without a good fight, and this nomination wasn't  any ... we'll go at it over the next two months. .... it's time for us to show the world  again how americans lead. ... my grandfather came home from that same war  exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day.
evidence_3: mar 26, 2008 ... my grandfather, who commanded the fast carrier task force under admiral halsey , came home from the war exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died  the next day. ... but leadership today means something different than it did in the  years after world war ii, when europe and the other democracies ...
evidence_4: mar 10, 2005 ... as the 60th anniversary of germany's defeat approaches, he ... nazi past and  explains why even his 11-year-old son still has a burden to bear. ... newspapers  and tv channels are running dozens of documentaries on world war ii. ... part of  mine, for instance, is that my austrian grandfather committed ...
evidence_5: he was born in clayton idaho in 1922. ... the love that he had for her was  amazing and something that most of us can ... is not a day that goes by, or some  special event or gathering that grandpa is .... my problem is i knew him, he came  to my house for dinner, he taught my ... he served in the us army during world  war ii.