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Monument praising Kim Eung Woo & his followers for capturing USS Pueblo
Monument praising Kim Eung Woo & his followers for capturing USS Pueblo		 Armed U.S. Spy Ship Pueblo moored in the Taedong River as a North Korean trophy
"Armed U.S. Spy Ship Pueblo" moored in the Taedong River as a North Korean trophy		 The USS Pueblo was captured by the DPRK Navy 23 Jan 1968
The USS Pueblo was captured by the DPRK Navy 23 Jan 1968		 USS Pueblo - AGER-2 (Auxiliary General Environmental Research aka Naval Intelligence)
USS Pueblo - AGER-2 (Auxiliary General Environmental Research aka Naval Intelligence)
Apparently, the DPRK claims 50 nm of territorial waters while the USA recognized the standard 12 nm limit
Apparently, the DPRK claims 50 nm of territorial waters while the USA recognized the standard 12 nm limit		 The Pueblo was captured on the east side of North Korea and taken to the port of Wonson
The Pueblo was captured on the east side of North Korea and taken to the port of Wonson		 In October 1999, the USS Pueblo (still a commissioned US Navy vessel) was towed around the Korean peninsula unmolested
In October 1999, the USS Pueblo (still a commissioned US Navy vessel) was towed around the Korean peninsula unmolested		 The USS Pueblo is moored on the site of the sinking of the General Sherman in 1866
The USS Pueblo is moored on the site of the sinking of the General Sherman in 1866
USS Pueblo
USS Pueblo		 Me with the USS Pueblo
Me with the USS Pueblo		 USS Pueblo
USS Pueblo		 USS Pueblo
USS Pueblo
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Trish Schiesser 05-Aug-2011 17:20
The Captain was hung out to dry by the U.S. There were planes and ships well within reach to save the Pueblo crew and officers. This is typical of the U.S. to withhold defense of our brave men aboard "spy" vessels. I find it atrocious that the Pueblo was not defended and that it was brought to bear that the Captn. ordered no shots to defend the Pueblo. The Pueblo was not equipped to defend itself where a N. Korean Gunboat was involved - therefore the Captn. only recourse was to defend his crew by not starting a firefight where they would all be lost and the boat would still be in the hands of the Koreans. If the U.S. wanted to save the Pueblo it would and should have brought in the heavy fire from planes that were nearby. The letter from the U.S. admitting that the Pueblo was not in International Waters is pure hogwash. The U.S. sends out boats and crew to spy on another nation with absolutely no cover for them, or if there is cover available, they call it back and told to stay out of the affair. Totally irrational. The U.S. also was chagrined that the "spy" crew was unable to get rid of all the secret papers, and communications machines - if the U.S. said it should have been done, they were not stating that they knew the boat was already under siege and had no time to do the "required" thing where "spy" apparatus and papers were concerned. The crew did their best, and the Captn. made a wise decision to be captured rather than kill everyone aboard, which would have been the case had he not surrendered, knowing that they had non-sufficient firepower to defend themselves. The U.S. should not have written a letter apologizing and admitting something that was untrue about the location of the Pueblo.
It's pure and simple - this ship and her crew were without representation as it should have been and that the U.S. should have protested against the N. Korean procedures.
They hung the Captain out to dry, and took away all of his rank and pay, etc. They did not even allow an obituary in the newspapers when he died - he should have been held upward in an untenable situation. Instead they blamed him for everything - I think NOT!
Shame on the United States for such a miserable non-coverage help team to save these men from being incarcerated for over a year and ruining a Captain's reputation. May God bless this crew and the deceased Captain. I am disgusted with the mismanagement of the affair by the U.S., just as it did when The Liberty was attacked by Israel.
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