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August 14, 2009

Ghost Tape Number 10

Somehow I'd missed this. In Vietnam, as part of their psychological warfare operations (PSYOPs), they played music that was intended to scare or demoralize the enemy. The most effective recording was called "Wandering Souls" or "Ghost Tape Number 10". "Number 10" was apparently slang used by the Vietnamese and Americans to indicate "double plus bad". I stumbled across this bit of trivia in an article about equipping the Predator Drones with speakers for psychological warfare. Wild.

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Posted by Rob Kiser on August 14, 2009 at 5:18 PM

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