Washington, D.C. – Tuesday morning, July 22, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) , Alabama Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby at the ceremony to pay their respects.
Congressman Mo Brooks released this statement regarding Admiral Denton.
“I first met Admiral Jeremiah Denton while he served in the U.S. Senate and I served in the Alabama legislature. Admiral Denton was one of the finest patriots I have had the pleasure to meet. Admiral Denton’s life exemplified the best of America. His patriotism and determination during his 7 years and 7 months in North Vietnamese captivity inspired fellow POWs and helped mend a war-torn nation. He was a remarkable man and I was fortunate to count him as a friend. It is truly fitting that Admiral Denton was today laid to rest in America’s most hallowed ground, Arlington Cemetery, where he rests in peace with his comrades in arms. All Alabamians and Americans would do well to remember this selfless patriot and strive to carry on the values he cherished that have served our great nation so well 
for so long.”
A Mobile native, Jeremiah Denton was a POW for seven and a half years in Vietnam. He became famous for covertly blinking the word “TORTURE” in Morse code during a televised interview staged by his captors in 1966, confirming to the U.S. government for the first time that American POWs were being tortured. Denton was released in 1973. He retired from the military as a rear admiral in 1977, and went on to become a U.S. Senator. Denton passed away on March 28, at 89 years old.
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