From: olanwatkins@juno.com
Date: Mon Feb 10 2003 - 21:31:26 CST
John
The POWs in the Hanoi Hilton did not use the Morse code to communicate as
I recall. The deleted one letter from the normal 26 set and set up a five
by five matrix, I don't remember now which letter it was decided that
they could live with out, but the top line would have A B C D E, the
second line F G H I J
Then the letter C would be one tap, then three taps, the letter G would
be two taps, then two taps again.
The matrix system was much more easy for new people to learn than the
Morse code.
Olan
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