When Hell was in Session

When Hell was in Session is a memoir by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Jeremiah Denton, recounting his experiences as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. A United States Naval Aviator, Denton was shot down and captured, spending the next seven years and seven months as a POW. The book was later made into a television movie starring Hal Holbrook. It was adapted by screenwriter Jake Justiz, also known as Lee Pogostin.

Denton, along with Vice Admiral James Stockdale (who became the vice-presidential running mate of H. Ross Perot during his 1992 presidential campaign), Colonel Larry Guarino and Brigadier General James Robinson Risner all distinguished themselves as members of the American POW resistance movement from 1965 to 1973, helping their men accomplish their sworn goal to "return with honor," a POW battle cry that later was used as the title of a documentary film narrated and produced by actor Tom Hanks.