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Jeremiah Andrew Denton jr. (* 15. Juli 1924 in Mobile, Alabama; † 28. März 2014 in Virginia Beach, Virginia [1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker ( Republikaner) und Konteradmiral der US Navy. Er verbrachte acht Jahre seines Lebens in vietnamesischer Gefangenschaft, worüber er auch ein Buch schrieb.
Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was an American politician and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to be popularly elected to a Senate seat in Alabama.
- Jeremiah Denton
- 1976
28. März 2014 · Denton was a Navy pilot shot down in 1965 and held captive for 7 1/2 years in North Vietnam. He became the first Republican senator from Alabama since Reconstruction and a Reagan loyalist, but also faced criticism for his rigidity and narrow views.
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29. März 2014 · Jeremiah Denton Jr., who survived nearly eight years of captivity in North Vietnamese prisons, died this week in Virginia Beach. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on his remarkable life.
28. März 2014 · Mr. Denton, who returned home after seven years as a prisoner and became a rear admiral and a United States senator from Alabama, died on Friday at Sentara Hospice House in Virginia Beach, his...
28. März 2014 · WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeremiah Denton, a former U.S. senator who was held as a prisoner of war by North Vietnam for more than seven years and revealed his treatment by blinking the word...
29. März 2014 · Denton, who would survive 7½ years confined in a tiny, stinking, windowless cell at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” and other camps before his release in 1973, died of heart problems Friday in Virginia Beach, Va., at age 89, his grandson Edward Denton said.
