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Hanoi Hilton

Hanoi Hilton. Presentation by Robert L. Martinez All the People by Joy Hakim Images as cited. It was July 18, 1965, and U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., was sitting in the cockpit of a bomb-loaded A6 airplane on the carrier Independence, located in the Gulf of Tonkin.

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Hanoi Hilton

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  1. Hanoi Hilton Presentation by Robert L. Martinez All the People by Joy Hakim Images as cited.

  2. It was July 18, 1965, and U.S. Navy Commander Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., was sitting in the cockpit of a bomb-loaded A6 airplane on the carrier Independence, located in the Gulf of Tonkin. http://www.dentongenealogy.org/jadpilot.jpg http://www.craggs-castle.com/images/Independence62a.901.gif

  3. http://www.warbirdphotos.net/aviapix/postww2/Attack/A6-Intruder/a6_cat.jpghttp://www.warbirdphotos.net/aviapix/postww2/Attack/A6-Intruder/a6_cat.jpg

  4. Gulf of Tonkin http://911review.com/precedent/century/imgs/tonkin.jpg

  5. The deck of an aircraft carrier seems huge, but its runway isn’t long enough for a normal takeoff. So the plane was catapulted – off the deck. http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/aircraft-carrier-49.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/050817-N-3488C-028.jpg

  6. http://www.artforlivinggallery.com/images/PhotoDraw10031.jpg

  7. Denton was on his way to North Vietnam. As he dropped his bombs over the target, near Hanoi, he felt a jolt. His plane had been hit. The controls were dead. http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesHistory/BirdDog/A6Intruder.jpg

  8. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/survivability/sa2.jpghttp://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/survivability/sa2.jpg

  9. Denton descended into the Ma River, was picked up by Vietnamese soldiers, and became a POW, a prisoner of war. http://www.pjsinnam.com/VN_History/SEA_Photo_Albums/Misc_1/POW%20Capture.jpg

  10. Denton was put in solitary confinement, which means he was all alone in a tiny cell with only a concrete bed, wooden stocks that held his legs, and a bucket for a toilet. photos.igougo.com

  11. He was physically tortured, mentally tortured, starved, and taken on a march through Hanoi where people hit him and spat on him. http://www.powmiaff.org/Dumond/car_wall_ymd.jpg

  12. For Denton, 1965 became 1966, and ’67, and ‘’68, and on, and on. Commander Jeremiah Denton www.blog.dentonfoundation.org/

  13. Some 700 Americans were captured and held in several prisons near Hanoi. http://mattsteinglass.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/pows_1973.jpg

  14. http://www.nydailynews.com/img/static/1973/news/feature2_alg_pows.jpghttp://www.nydailynews.com/img/static/1973/news/feature2_alg_pows.jpg

  15. They gave the prisons names like the Hanoi Hilton, Dogpatch, Heartbreak, Alcatraz, and Briarpatch. http://www.powerlineblog.com/media/archives/cole.jpg

  16. Former presidential candidate & Senator John McCain http://blog.cleveland.com/nationworld_impact/2008/10/large_mcainpowA.jpg

  17. The prisoners kept their sanity and their pride in themselves and their country by defying their captors. http://users.acninc.net/padipaul/pnl_07_2005_2her_files/image005.jpg

  18. The POWs talked to each other by tapping on the walls of their cells with a special code. http://www.pjsinnam.com/VN_History/SEA_Photo_Albums/Misc_1/POW%20Capture.jpg

  19. The American people disagreed about the war, but everyone was in agreement when it came to the POWs. We wanted them home. http://redhatrob.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/vietnam_protest_rs.jpg

  20. http://www.talkingphotography.com/images/FVRcoly-BernieFlowerPower.jpghttp://www.talkingphotography.com/images/FVRcoly-BernieFlowerPower.jpg

  21. http://www.hht.net.au/__data/assets/image/0004/4099/Protest.jpghttp://www.hht.net.au/__data/assets/image/0004/4099/Protest.jpg

  22. http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/media/1965_Antiwar%20_Protest.jpghttp://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/media/1965_Antiwar%20_Protest.jpg

  23. The Vietnamese soon realized that they had important hostages. They filmed some of the POWs, intending to show that they were being well treated. POW John McCain (former presidential candidate). http://blog.indecision2008.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/johnmccain-pow.jpg

  24. Commander Denton kept blinking his eyes. Most people thought it was the bright camera lights, but Denton was blinking the word torture in Morse Code. alphabetcity.blogspot.com

  25. Eventually, President Nixon secured a gradual withdraw of American troops from Vietnam. In return, the North Vietnamese released America’s POW’s. http://www.granitegrok.com/pix/Nixon.jpg

  26. http://cbertel.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/nixon-vietnam.jpg

  27. http://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/vietnam-soldiers-3.jpghttp://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/vietnam-soldiers-3.jpg

  28. After seven years, our POWs were heading home. http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/News/1973/February/images/Feb12-POWsFlyingHome(NARA)(320).jpg

  29. U.S. Senator John McCain returns home, and is greeted by President Nixon http://www.truthout.org/files/images/F2_092108Y3.jpg

  30. These men had endured great hardship and had survived America’s involvement in Vietnam. http://www.monroegallery.com/showcase/images/return_home.jpg

  31. http://www.super70s.com/super70s/News/1973/February/images/Feb14-FirstPOWsReleased(AirForce)(180).jpghttp://www.super70s.com/super70s/News/1973/February/images/Feb14-FirstPOWsReleased(AirForce)(180).jpg

  32. Some 50,000 Americans who had been in S.E. Asia would not return home with them. http://www.vietnamwar.com/memorywall.jpg

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