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TO GO WITH US-vote-Vietnam-military-McCain,FEATURE by Frank ZellerThis photo shows a portrait of then Vietnamese lieutnant Nguyen Van Dai, copied from his personal album, during an interview in Hanoi on May 4, 2008. Four decades ago Vietnamese army sergeant Nguyen Van Dai launched a Russian made surface-to-air missile SAM that downed US presidential candidate John McCain's bomber jet from the skies high above Hanoi. AFP PHOTO

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