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Message #40 - SURVIVING

 Date : 14-Sep-90 00:29
 From : Joey Kelly
   To : All

Subject : P.O.W. tapcode

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@PID: RA 0.04 2198 I was listening to a speaker talk about the vietnam pow's tapcode. It's both simple and sophisticated. Check it out.

First, you drop the letter K. It's redundant and that makes a nice simple 25 letters to work with. then you set up a matrix, to help your memory. the matrix goes like this.

        | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |   ... .  . .  ... ...  .... .....
       -+---+---+---+---+---+   .... ...  ..... ....  ... ..  . .
       1| A | B | C | D | E |   ... ...  .... .  . ...  ..... .
       -+---+---+---+---+---+   .... ....  . .  ..... ...
       2| F | G | H | I | J |   ... .  .... ...  .... .  ..... .   ?
       -+---+---+---+---+---+
       3| L | M | N | O | P |
       -+---+---+---+---+---+
       4| Q | R | S | T | U |
       -+---+---+---+---+---+
       5| V | W | X | Y | Z |
       -+---+---+---+---+---+

It can also work as a visual. Touch left elbow, right elbow, left knee, right knee, rub head. Etc.

Later