Editing When Hell Was in Session (section)

==Synopsis==
A [[United States Naval Aviator|Navy pilot]], Denton's jet was shot down over [[North Vietnam]] in July 1965. Denton and his [[navigator]], Bill Tschudy, parachuted down and were soon taken prisoner. Both men spent seven years and seven months in North Vietnam as often-tortured POWs.<ref name="scheck"/> In May 1966, the North Vietnamese allowed a Japanese TV reporter to interview him, where he blinked out the word "torture" in Morse code, confirming the United States suspicions that prisoners were being mistreated during the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chawkins |first1=Steve |title=Jeremiah Denton, 1924 - 2014; POW who blinked 'torture' in Morse code |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 29, 2014 |page=A1}}</ref>