[Fists] Re: Fists Digest, Vol 10, Issue 9

[Alan W.]

Bruce (WB7RHT) said:
> There was a Vietnam era POW (I forget his name)
> who was put on camera for propaganda reasons.
> He blinked out "Torture" with his eyes in
> Morse, thereby letting those at home his situation.

The POW was Jeremiah Denton.  His bio is at this URL:

http://www.nff.org/Jeremiah%20Denton.htm

which says, in part:

"Denton's name first came to the attention of the American public in 1966,
during a television interview arranged by the North Vietnamese....
Throughout the interview, while responding to questions and feigning
sensitivity to harsh lighting, Denton blinked his eyes in Morse Code,
repeatedly spelling out a covert message: "T-O-R-T-U-R-E". The interview,
which was broadcast on American television on May 17, 1966, was the first
confirmation that American POWs in Vietnam were being tortured."