Latest "morse code" stories

The last secret of the Scorpion

In 1968 one of the Navy’s nuclear submarines went missing in the Atlantic. Fifty years later, this author offered a provocative theory about its disappearance.

By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History

5 years ago

Undefended shore: American antisubmarine operations in 1942

In 1942 American merchant ships up and down the Atlantic Coast were being relentlessly attacked by German U-boats. Why did the U.S. Navy secretly decide to leave them unprotected?

By Ed Offley, MHQ — The Quarterly Journal of Military History

5 years ago

Navy to name warship after heroic Vietnam POW

Jeremiah Denton was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965 and blinked the word "torture" in Morse code during a TV interview the following year.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

5 years ago

At this time in 1941, a Clipper plane was trying to get home the hard way — flying around the world!

The attack on Pearl Harbor forced one Pan Am crew to attempt a round-the-world flight to escape Japanese warplanes. Others weren't so lucky.

By C.V. Glines, Aviation History Magazine

5 years ago

No more stories