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FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Jeremiah Denton ~ March 31, 2014
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Posted on 03/30/2014 5:16:11 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:16:30 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1<center> <table back969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Sorry I’m late.....I was out car shopping.
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:18:22 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:21:27 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Borders, Language, Culture)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hiya Kathy! God Bless this Hero and great job on honoring him so soon after he went to meet the Lord! You Canteen Galz rock!
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:22:13 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Those who are capable of Tyranny are capable of Deceit to sustain it.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
Evening, Ladies!
Very fitting that we honor ADM Denton in this edition of Hall of Heroes...
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:23:29 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
(Borders, Language, Culture)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Car shopping? Get a hybrid to save the erf! AlGore will approve :-)
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:24:42 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Those who are capable of Tyranny are capable of Deceit to sustain it.)
To: HiJinx
I loved a Mercury Mountaineer. But, criteria #1 is can my Mom get in without stepping up. So the saleslady and I drove it home, my Mom came out, and the seat is just a couple inches too high....so had to drive back, look at a couple possibilities, watch my watch, and late getting home. It was a really nice vehicle. *sigh* The huge sales ends Tuesday. Still thinking.....
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:27:18 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
From Wikipedia:
"Denton served as United States Naval Aviator during the Vietnam War and was the Commanding Officer (CO) of Attack Squadron Seventy-Five (VA-75) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CVA-62). On 18 July 1965, then-Commander Denton was flying an A-6A Intruder (Bureau Number 151577) off the Independence with Lieutenant Bill Tschudy, his navigator/bombardier, leading twenty-eight planes on a bombing mission. They ejected when their jet was shot down over the city of Thanh Hoa in North Vietnam, and they were captured and taken prisoner by the North Vietnamese.
Denton and Tschudy were both held as prisoners of war for almost eight years, four of which were spent in solitary confinement. Denton is best known for the 1966 televised press conference that he was forced into as an American POW by his North Vietnamese captors. He used the opportunity to communicate successfully and to confirm for the first time to the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence and Americans that American POWs were being tortured in North Vietnam. He repeatedly blinked his eyes in Morse code during the interview, spelling out the word, "T-O-R-T-U-R-E". He was also questioned about his support for the U.S. war in Vietnam, to which he replied: "I don't know what is happening, but whatever the position of my government is, I support it fully. Whatever the position of my government, I believe in it, yes sir. I am a member of that government, and it is my job to support it, and I will as long as I live."[4] While a prisoner, he was promoted to the rank of Captain. Denton was later awarded the Navy Cross and several other decorations, mostly for heroism while a prisoner of war.
Denton was put in the "Hanoi Hilton" and the "Zoo" prison and prison camp and "Little Vegas" and "Alcatraz" prisons. In "Alcatraz", he became part of a group of American POWs known as the "Alcatraz Gang". The group consisted of James Mulligan, George Thomas Coker, George McKnight, James Stockdale, Harry Jenkins, Sam Johnson, Howard Rutledge, Robert Shumaker, Ronald Storz, and Nels Tanner. They were put in "Alcatraz" and solitary confinement to separate them from other POWs because their strong resistance led other POWs in resisting their captors. "Alcatraz" was a special facility in a courtyard behind the North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, located about one mile away from Hoa Lo Prison. Each of the American POWs spent day and night in windowless 3-by-9-foot (0.91 m × 2.74 m) cells mostly in irons.[5][6][7][8][9]
On February 12, 1973, both Denton and Tschudy were released in Hanoi by the North Vietnamese along with numerous other American POWs during Operation Homecoming. Stepping off the jet back home in uniform, Denton said: "We are honored to have had the opportunity to serve our country under difficult circumstances. We are profoundly grateful to our Commander-in-Chief and to our nation for this day. God bless America." The speech has a prominent place in the 1987 documentary, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam.
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OPERATION HOMECOMING 12 February 4 April 1973
Newly freed prisoners of war celebrate as their C-141A aircraft lifts off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973, during Operation Homecoming. The mission included 54 C-141 flights between 12 February and 4 April 1973, returning 591 POWs to American soil.
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:33:57 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1<center> <table back969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
My grandad hates Kerry and Fonda with a passion. Won’t even mention their names in the house.
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:36:05 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice. And Pay Your Liberty Tax Citizen.)
To: ConorMacNessa
Thank you for posting that story, ConorMacNessa.
How’s the Mrs. Doing?
To: StarCMC; mountainlion; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...
Please note: The author of the Hall of Heroes is StarCMC. Please thank StarCMC for todays thread.
~ Hall of Heroes: Jeremiah Denton ~
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:43:32 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS)))))
I took a nice long ride on my bike today and met some Freedom Riders.(The Bikers who protect the Funerals of Our Troops from “protesters”) I told them how much we loved them here on FR.
To: ConorMacNessa
A tad late, but....Permission Granted!
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:47:22 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: mountainlion; The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; BIGLOOK; HiJinx; Publius; laplata; Jet Jaguar; ...
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:49:30 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Denton was one of the really great ones. I never did understand how he lost his Senate re-election as he was very popular. I think the fact there were still so many yellow dog democrats in Alabama plus the fact that Shelby was just as conservative may have been it.
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:50:55 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: yarddog
![photo Hollandoct44_01_zpsb17e6d87.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v161/Yarddog/Hollandoct44_01_zpsb17e6d87.jpg)
Another picture of a bridge in Holland being built by the 208th ECB. August, 1944.
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:52:50 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: yarddog
This country is blessed by many gifted warriors that defend this country ant its people.
To: Kathy in Alaska; StarCMC
![]( http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i25/Conormacnessa/Flags/938063cd-6fdf-43cd-a9d5-437c72c92ae2_zpsabb600f5.jpg) Good evening, Kathy and Star!
***HUGS***
Thanks very much coming aboard! Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
And thanks very much to you and Star for tonights Hall of Heroes thread! R.Adm. Jeremiah A. Denton, USN, is a paradigm of all that is good in our Valiant Troops physical and moral Courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty and barbarism, unswerving Loyalty to God and Country, and unshakeable professionalism and Esprit de Corps! He enters our Hall of Heroes to resounding acclamation from all who dwell there!
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
03/30/2014 5:56:51 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1<center> <table back969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Hiya Navy Bro. Admiral Denton was truly a Hero! America will miss him! I hope Mrs. M is doing well; how are the walker races going :-)
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posted on
03/30/2014 6:00:50 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Those who are capable of Tyranny are capable of Deceit to sustain it.)
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