[jazusamo]

RIP Admiral and Senator Jeremiah Denton.

[Robe]

“Three in the green,pressure and brakes,call the ball for your final trap”

Rip Aviator

[vetvetdoug]

RIP Admiral Denton. The movie, When Hell Was In Session, I believe was about him and was played by Hal Holbrook. I hope the Executive branch doesn't ignore his passing as they did Chris Kyle's.

[xzins]

During the interview, he pretended to have light sensitivity that caused him to blink his eyes. What he was actually doing was blinking in Morse Code to spell out "t-o-r-t-u-r-e".

This alone is a testimony to the strength of the man.

RIP, Admiral

[BamaDi]

Admiral Denton made all of us here in Mobile proud. When my mother was the asst manager at the commissary at the Coast Guard base here in Mobile he would always ask for her whenever he and his wife came in to shop. She absolutely adored him and he thought the world of her. Sad day for America as we have lost another hero.

[oh8eleven]

Seven years a POW in Hanoi. I can't even imagine.
RIP sir ...

[smoothsailing]

VIDEO-Denton Blinking Morse Code 'T-O-R-T-U-R-E'

R.I.P. Sir

[Monterrosa-24]

He came back from that long lonely captivity and horrors and right off the plane, facing the cameras said simply “God Bless America”. He did not make his return about himself.

He suffered grievously from the aftereffects of his captivity, mentally more than physically, but despite emotional frantic episodes he was a brave man who kept at it and cast his conservative votes in the Senate supporting the Reagan initiatives.

He was indeed a hero.

[Romulus]

He came to speak at my high school. We gave him a great reception. I miss having heroes.

RIP

[ScottinVA]

RIP, Admiral Denton. You served your country honorably under extreme conditions. God bless.

[matginzac]

My dad was a USNA classmate...this will be hard for him when he hears this news...we’ve lost another hero.....

[Jim Robinson]

Well done, good and faithful servant!

[LucyT]

Former Alabama Sen. Jeremiah Denton, Vietnam war hero, dies at age 89

Check out article and comments.

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[Labyrinthos]

I’m too young to have served in Viet Nam, but old enough to have worn a POW bracelet that many of us wore back then as a sign of our support for our heros. The name on my bracelet is Captain Jeremiah Denton. I remember watching the broadcast live on a black and white TV as then Captain Denton was the very first POW to disembark the transport plane at Clark AFB on February 12, 1973. I was 14 years old. I still remember.

[WayneS]

Admiral Denton wrote a magnificent book about his time as a POW. It's called When Hell was in Session, and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.

RIP to a true American hero.

[bamahead]

Alabama ping.

[KC Burke]

As I recall he was Senior Officer of the POWs.

We all must gird our loins because any minute now we will have the Official Comments from Senator John McCain, a fellow POW who also USED to serve in the Senate (now he just trolls it for media attention.)

[TomServo]

Remember him very well....he was loved by a great many people here...

[alstewartfan]

RIP great patriot! He was one of the very best.

[Gritty]

RIP Admiral Denton. Go with God, sir.

[floralamiss]

I was honored to meet Admiral and Mrs. Denton and their son, Billy, in the mid-70’s and help them pack their car for their return trip home to Theodore, Alabama. Later, I was given the book, “When Hell Was in Session” along with a family photo. They were truly humble, generous, and courageous people. Another giant among mankind has left the earth.