The air was tense as North Vietnamese officials prepared to put Commander Jeremiah Denton in front of television cameras for a propaganda broadcast in May of 1966.

Former Alabama Sen. Jeremiah Denton, who survived 7½ years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and alerted the U.S. military to conditions there when he blinked the word "torture" in Morse code ...

Prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton declared his loyalty to the U.S. government during a 1966 interview for what was supposed to be a propaganda film. But his enraged captors missed his more covert ...

MOBILE, Alabama — When the Navy held a keel authentication ceremony in nearby Pascagoula, Mississippi, today for the USS Jere miah Denton, a new Navy destroyer, it recalled the days when almost ...

The impetus to name a guided-missile warship after Rear Adm. Jeremiah Denton Jr. came not from his family, but from his fellow prisoners of war in Vietnam. But Denton’s family, which retains ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) - A reminder to anyone who uses the airport on Dauphin Island: The Jeremiah Denton Airport is closed for bulkhead improvements. The airport shut down on Oct. 16.

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - A life spent serving his country and making huge sacrifices is the legacy of Jeremiah Denton, Sr. The U.S. Navy’s latest guided missile destroyer will take on that name.

HII PASCAGOULA, Miss., March 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) today, the third Flight III ...

Admiral Jeremiah A. Denton Jr Virginia Beach – Admiral Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. FORMER U.S. SENATOR, WAR HERO, AND RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL JEREMIAH ANDREW DENTON, Jr., 89, a native of Mobile ...

The ship’s name honors former U.S. Sen. Jeremiah Denton Jr., a Vietnam War veteran who was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism while a prisoner of war. “Today, we honor the example of ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss., March 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) today, the third Flight III Arleigh ...