{"id":22370,"date":"2014-03-28T20:07:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T00:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22370"},"modified":"2014-03-28T20:07:31","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T00:07:31","slug":"america-lost-a-hero-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22370","title":{"rendered":"America Lost A Hero Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Navy Captain Jeremiah Andrew Denton speaking to a crowd at his welcome home ceremony. Found on http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/multimedia\/ ) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fox News<\/a> is reporting today that Jeremiah Denton<\/a> has died. Jeremiah Denton was held as a prisoner of war<\/a> in North Vietnam<\/a> for 7 1\/2 years. He alerted the U.S. military<\/a> to conditions there when he blinked the word “torture” in Morse code<\/a> during a television interview.<\/p>\n

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I remember watching the ceremony on television when the prisoners of war were welcomed home. My husband was a Vietnam-era<\/a> veteran, and I was friends with someone whose husband had been missing in action<\/a> for several years. It was wonderful to see Captain Denton and the other men who survived the Hanoi Hilton<\/a> come home. Captain Denton’s leadership helped many of the other prisoners cope with the miserable conditions they were subjected to. He was a true hero.<\/p>\n

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