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Skunk Works Digest        Monday, 13 December 1993      Volume 04 : Number 089

In this issue:

	Callsigns
	Code Names

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From: Beau Mersereau <moosic@triton.unm.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1993 10:54:58 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Callsigns

I couldn't really think of a group to post this too.  Sorry if this isn't
the appropriate group.
	I'm writing a paper on callsigns used in the military.  What I'm 
having a hard time finding is the origin of this practice.  If anybody
could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
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From: I am the NRA <pierson@cimcad.enet.dec.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 93 10:02:01 PST
Subject: Code Names

Dunno how they do it, but the schem in Andromeda Strain seemed pausible.

For researchers, there is a book called (approximately)

	Dictionary of Code Names

Covering _released_ or obsolete ones, semi world wide.  The one i saw had
FIDO (US, WWII, Air dropped homing torp) and One of the WWII German missiles
(Wasserfall, i think) correct.  It did not have (say) Grand Union (at all).
(Grand Union wa sused in the mid '50s for some obscure aerial recon, since
publicized...).

Didn't buy it, for a variety of reasons.  Might be worth a look in
Books in Print, to see if its been reissued.

regards
dwp

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