Jeremiah Denton Blinks “TORTURE” in Morse Code (1966)

Audie Murphy American Legend · News · 1 min · 2014 · YouTube title: Admiral Jeremiah Denton Blinks Morse Code Warning as P.O.W.

Why it's here

Cited as the classic real-world use of Morse code to smuggle out a message under duress.

What it covers

A short 1966 propaganda interview clip in which Jeremiah Denton, a US prisoner of war in Vietnam, blinks the word TORTURE in Morse code. Naval Intelligence later decoded the message.