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Former senator and retired rear admiral Jeremiah A. Denton, guest speaker at the Pentagon's annual observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, addresses the audience on Sept. 18, 2009. His speech was filled with heart-felt recollections of his own nearly 8 years of captivity in a North Vietnam prison camp.

Jeremiah A. Denton, guest speaker at the Pentagon's annual observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, addresses the audience.

Former senator and retired rear admiral Jeremiah A. Denton, guest speaker at the Pentagon's annual observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, addresses the audience on Sept. 18, 2009. His speech was filled with heart-felt recollections of his own nearly 8 years of captivity in a North Vietnam prison camp.

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