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Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a United States Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987, a Vietnam War Naval aviator, and was promoted to rear admiral in April, 1973. Denton is known for enduring almost eight years of grueling conditions as an American prisoner of war (POW) in North Vietnam after his was shot down July 18, 1965. He was the first of the Hanoi POWs to step off of the American plane during celebration on Feb. 12, 1973. Denton's ', which descri
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