Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Andrew Denton, Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a United States aviator and Rear Admiral, and also a United States Senator. He spent almost eight years as a Prisoner of War (PoW) in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He later wrote a book which became a movie about those experiences. He was born in Mobile, Alabama.
Denton died from complications of a heart ailment on March 28, 2014 at a hospice in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 89 years old.[1]
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Denton as a midshipman in the United States Naval Academy
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Denton while in the U.S. Navy
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Denton with his A-6 Intruder onboard USS Independence (CV-62)
Navy Captain Jeremiah Denton at Clark Air Base, Philippines, shortly after his release as a POW in Hanoi, in February 1973.
Denton with President Ronald Reagan in 1986
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References
- ↑ Jeremiah Denton, former Alabama senator and Vietnam POW, dies at 89. March 28, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/28/jeremiah-denton-alabama-senator-dies-89. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
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