Admiral Jeremiah Denton a Vietnam war POW blinks the word Torture in Morse code during this taped interview. Denton endured almost eight years of grueling conditions as an American prisoner of war (POW) in North Vietnam after the A-6 Intruder he was piloting was shot down in 1965. He was the first of all American POWs released by Hanoi to step off an American plane during Operation Homecoming in February 1973. As one of the earliest and highest-ranking officers to be taken prisoner in North Viet

In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we recognize Naval aviator and former POW Captain Charlie Plumb. In this video from last year's Navy Birthday concert, Captain Plumb recounts his nearly six years in Vietnam prison camps. The U.S. Navy Band remembers and honors those Americans who were prisoners of war and those who served and never returned home. DOD's POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues the search for the missing, fulfilling the nation's promise to leave no service member behind. #

Based on true events, Colditz follows the daring attempts of Allied prisoners of war to escape from the infamous German POW camp during World War II. | La Casa Recepções