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Default OT - Hanoi Hilton - POW Tap Codes

On Feb 6, 5:49*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
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
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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


Thanks. *At first glance that looks clumsy, but then you realize how
it could help retain sanity, and I bet they got real fast with it too.

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Wouldn't morse code have been easier? Seems so to me.