What is written on the tattoo on the left bicep of the character Mike from "Desperate Housewives"?

While many celebs were quick to jump on the tattoo bandwagon with trendy Chinese characters or funky symbols, James Denton — aka Mike, the sexy plumber from Desperate Housewives — got his body art for quite a different reason.

"It is a tribute to my dad. I got it after he died [in 1994]," Denton says. "It's got his initials — JTD [are] my initials, too, only because I happen to be a Junior — and his birthday and when he died and his Navy rank and serial number.

"I'm not really a tattoo guy, and it is the only one I have," he adds. "I thought it would be a cool tribute. I knew that his service time in the Navy was real important to him, and it just sort of seemed like a logical thing."

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