Title: Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. Vietnam War Hero
Author: Anne Chancey Dalton
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T-O-R-T-U-R-E.A television camera in Hanoi, North Vietnam, focused on Commander Jeremiah Denton, a Prisoner of War. While answering a Japanese reporter’s questions, Denton faked sensitivity to the bright lights as he repeatedly blinked torture in Morse Code. On May 17, 1966, the tape aired on American TV–confirming American POWs in Vietnam were tortured. After the war, Rear Admiral Denton received the Navy Cross–not for this blinked message–but for his answer to the…