Craig Martineau
12 min readOct 1, 2019

Uncommon Valor and a Lifetime of Service

He was No Saint, But We Knew Him for His Bravery

A grumpy Draftee Who Had Not Proven His Worth

A TRIBUTE TO SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN in two parts

Cathedral Rock , Arizona John McCain’s Home State

I was looking at Vietnam in my rear-view mirror. I had done my duty as painful as it was at the time. I had served my country. My bride and I had served at Fort McClellan Alabama from 1971 to 1973.

Craig Martineau

Retired. A lifelong love affair with words. I write on Medium, WordPress, Substack with The Lighthouse Blog, and the newsletter "Have you ever wondered...Why?"