On This Day In Alabama History: Jeremiah Denton Jr. Was Born

Alabama News Center | July 15, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

July 15, 1924

Jeremiah Denton Jr. was born on this day in 1924 in Mobile. Throughout his time in college, Denton served in the ROTC, and joined the Navy after graduating. While running a bombing mission during the Vietnam War, Denton was shot down and captured as a prisoner of war (POW). Denton is remembered for famously blinking “T-O-R-T-U-R-E” in Morse Code while being interviewed for a piece of North Vietnamese propaganda. Once Denton returned home to Mobile, he received many military decorations from the Navy. In 1980 Denton ran for U.S. Senate and won, where he served from 1981 until 1987.

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