The
prisoner of war had been tortured for 10 months and beaten repeatedly
by his North Vietnamese captors in recent days, and there were threats
of more if he did not respond properly when the propaganda broadcast
began. Haggard but gritty, Cmdr. Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. slumped in a
chair before the television cameras.
Pretending
to be blinded by the spotlights, he began blinking — seemingly random
spasms and tics. He answered interrogators’ questions with a trace of
defiance, knowing he would be beaten again and again, but hoping that
America would detect his secret message in Morse code.
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