Duress code. Yes, it’s a real term and it means “panic code,” or a code that you give instead of your “real” code to indicate that you’re in trouble. Or under duress. I had never heard of it until reading The Nike Historical Society’s excellent section about security at Nike installations. One reader wrote in… Continue reading Duress Code at Nike Missile Launching Area
Day: June 28, 2009
German U-Boat
I am reading an excellent book called Iron Coffins, by Commander Herbert A. Werner, who served on five German u-boats between 1941 and 1945. Judging by this sailor’s uniform and the quality of the photo, I’d guess that this is WWI. But I liked it anyway and thought I should include it. In fact, there’s… Continue reading German U-Boat