In Gratitude

The PUEBLO crew is indebted to the the following persons and wishes to thank them for their support:

Marcee Rethwish - Who dedicated herself to keeping people of San Diego aware of the Pueblo and worked for government action to free the ship and the crew.

Rose Bucher and Jean and Allen Hemphill - For keeping public awareness of our captivity alive. They gave speeches, appeared on talk shows and met with Congressmen.

Bill Scherle - Who kept our plight before congress by entering into the congressional record the number of days we had been held in captivity and sponsoring Remember the Pueblo sessions.

Admiral Edwin M. Rosenberg, who was in charge of the crew's transfer from captivity to Balboa Naval Hospital - For his support. Admiral Rosenberg was very helpful and was present with Pete Bucher at the early press conferences and met the press and stated " I have the utmost admiration for Captain Bucher and his crew ...They are tremendous representatives of America ... ".

Congressmen Marvoules and Slattery - For their efforts in our behalf to obtain POW medals.

General Glibert H. Woodward - For bearing the grueling negotiations with the North Koreans at Panmumjon and extending to see them to fruition.

Eleanor Kinney - One of the sponsors of a Boat Parade in San Diego, in September 1968 which consisted of 120 boats displaing "Remember the Pueblo" banners.

Dan Hearn - For his work to establish a Pueblo memorial display in the National Cryptographic Museum.

Larry Goldberg - For providing an Internet site for us to develop and test our first Pueblo web site.


So far, we have only included public figures, persons whose deeds are public knowledge, or persons who have consented to be recognized on this page. We wish to recognize all our benefactors. If we have not included you, please forgive us, and send the particulars for us to publish. Thank you.

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Last Modified Tuesday, August 31, 1999