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Default OT - Hanoi Hilton - POW Tap Codes

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:07:33 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
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On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:46:46 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

Heard a John McCain stump speech today.
John talked about speaking in tap codes to fellow POWs about
a Republican Governor who was trying to get the guys released.
That governor was Ronald Reagan.
Anybody know how to spell Ronald Reagan in tap code?
Is that morse code?


It's a cipher code based on a two sided square. We used to teach it
in the original SERE school which wasn't called SERE back then - way
back then - there. :)

Found it. Here's the article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_Code


Interesting, thanks.
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John H