John McCain is a former Navy pilot who was shot down in Vietnam and spent five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war.

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Graves was shot six times that day and spent more than a year in a wheelchair.

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He was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of war camp.

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They spent their time fishing and reading and playing roles in homemade movies shot by Wardlaw, who is now a filmmaker.

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Ms. Wyatt recalled a rough patch while editing "Sun, " which she shot during a 2009 trip to Ethiopia, where she spent time among 13 different tribes, capturing often rapturous dance, music and work rituals with vivid presence.

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Kelly, together with Chris Smith, shot to stardom in 1992 with "Jump, " which spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

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He was shot through the arm by a rogue Afghan policeman while he served in Afghanistan and spent months in hospital.

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Giffords was one of 19 people shot at a political event at a shopping plaza in Tucson, Arizona, and spent months relearning how to speak and walk.

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