This week Rear Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. Denton, was one of the senior Navy #POW leaders in Hanoi and was held captive for 7 1/2 years. He famously used his eyes to blink the word torture in Morse code to let the U.S. know that prisoners were being abused. To read more about Dentons experience and others, read our publication, titled: The Battle Behind Bars: Navy and Marine POWs in the Vietnam War, go.usa.gov/5wMx
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:55:23 +0000
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