'Charlie is listening'.
Ok maybe I'm just being stupid but when Dickerson is talking to Hauk on the phone about the road to An Lach there's written on the phone "Charlie is listening". Why?=S
share"Charlie" is short for "Victor Charlie", which is code for VC, which stands for Viet Cong, who were the enemy.
Thus, the sign "Charlie is listening", is a warning that enemy intelligence could be monitoring their telephone calls. The caller should therefore be careful not to say anything which could give away vital military info to the enemy.
Hope this helps.
Thanks, and have a great day.
Sam
I believe "Charlie is listening" is more a joke than a warning.
shareIt is no joke.
They were right in the middle of a war.
The monitoring of telephone calls and other communications by enemy intelligence is an ever present reality in such a situation.
Thanks, and have a great day.
Sam
Correct. It reminds those using the phone that the enemy (Charlie) may be listening......so watch what you say.
They do that all of the time to get information intel. That is why if you watch the movie Wind Talkers you will realize that the U.S. in World War II. created that special way of communicating so that the Japenese could not figure out what they were talking about.
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As most mentioned, it was a very real warning, and these stickers were actually used during the war on various comm devices to remind you that it wasn't secure.
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That's also why they were talking about trying to find a Vietnamese man named Charlie.
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