Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 10:08:41 -0700 (MST)

Dear Sir; As a proud former Airedale (during the Gulf War), I went, with interest, to your site. I saw the USS Pueblo picture, and then hit on "welcome" however, there is nothing else. I am very interested in hearing of the circumstances surrounding this incident. I also fight for the freedom of our remaining POW/MIA's. Have for years. They have a right to be accounted for. They are American's! Please send me info on this incident. I also wanted to thank you for your service to this country! You are my heroes! You are never forgotten nor taken for granted! God Bless You! Sincerely, Dottie Trant

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 20:57:30 -0500

Would it be possible for you to add a link to our site, USS OXFORD (AG-159/AGTR-1)? I have your site linked with the OXFORD. Thanks! You have a great looking & informative site!! George A. Cassidy ex CT2 (T)

Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 01:01:29 -0500

my name is mike mcmorrow. i was at cti2 at kamiseya when the pueblo got hit. i came on the eve watch that day and it was in an uproar. i heard the messages were stacked up a foot. one message that got buried and read 6 hours later was one requesting help, one which would have changed the operation status as the later messages did not request help. anyway, that's the word that was going around. they pulled the chiefs, firsts, and most of the seconds to tad trips on all the vessels in the area so i got to be section leader of a bunch of kids just out of school. 6 weeks into it i got sent to the coral sea in the soj but it twisted a shaft and we went to drydock in yokosuka. while we were out that russian flotilla came charging down on us out of vladivostok and everyone started getting real panicky but they were on a diplomatic mission to india; scared the shit out of a lot of people. anyhow, i went back to alameda with the coral sea and left kamiseya in august. i was in language school with pete langenberg. he finished first and got to choose japan while i got sent to sinop turkey. my orders were due in august and i was told i would have gotten the pueblo but pete got that slot because he hit a japanese pedestrian while on a courrier trip to yokota. one last thing, my roomate at kamiseya just before i left was a korean interpreter who had flown 128 combat missions in viet nam with vq-1 out of atsugi. he was on the ec-121m that got shot down in may of 69. say hi to pete for me.

Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 20:49:24 -0500

Gentlemen: I've just read through your brief on the Pueblo Incident of 23 January 1968 and beyond. I've been tasked by my commanding officer, Captain William Reuter, to present a piece of Naval History in our Plan of the Month and I've elected to do a write up on the Pueblo Incident for January. I'll be utilizing your site for any facts that would make this write up the educational tool I use them for, as well as fasinating historical entertainment for my fellow shipmates here in Baltimore, Maryland. For those of you who are the survivors of this particular incident, my hat is off to you. If the government has never given you a vote of thanks, I certainly will. God bless the sailors of the USS PUEBLO (AGER-2) both living and dead. You've served your country well, may we never forget. I am, sir(s), very respectfully: Daniel P. Moran YN1 USNR Havre de Grace, Maryland

Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 17:28:32 -0600

This is Joe Glockner. I went to the USS Pueblo webiste and see that a NEW LOGO is shown on the website -- the LOGO is from yourself. I would like to ask your permission to be able to use THAT PHOTO of the LOGO on my website -- where I show many logos/patches from all of the NAVSECGRU type of sites around the world - including the ships we had. My website is at: http://members.xoom.com/navyscpo/index.htm Can I use your LOGO? Thanks and regards, Joe GlocknerCTTCS USN (retired)

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:19:28 -0000 Gentlemen, Just found you web page. Maybe, I can help. Career started at Skaggs Island, then onto Kamisaya, the onto Guam and finished at DIRNAVSECGRUEUR in 1966. Whilst at Guam two ships arrived for home porting. ALK 25 and AKL 27. I understand they are now known as AGER-1 and AGER-2. I was at Guam when they arrived. During the incident I was station In London England. The Admiral (CINCUSNAVEUR) and the captain (DNSGE) were into the far east at that time. I was on duty during the take over. If you have any questions please feel free to email me at home address - rjphart"aol.com. My TAD from Kami was up and down the Russian coast. I was also on duty when the Liberty was attacked. But that is another story. Who ever said intelligence was a safe job. I look forward to hearing from you if you need. Regards, R Hart (CTO2) retired 1969. P.S. I now reside in East Sussex, England.

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:41:34 -0700

I was an MP assigned to the Joint Security Area, PamNunJom, Korea when the crew was released. I was physically located on the bridge when the crew walked to the south. I also observed and met crew mwmbers at our mess hall immediately after their return. While not aboard any ship, I feel I'm truly a part of the Pueblo history and would be glad to provide further info. Sincrely,Larry Anderson USA (ret)

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:26:46 -0500 I had a question for you. Are the crew members of the Pueblo keeping track of the government and what they're doing to get our ship back on American Soil? We still carry her as an active duty vessel. Isn't about time we have her come back? I called up a Wonsan web site and found a North Korean Soldier standing guard over the ship in the summer of 1999. They're taking tourists through it. When is she coming back? Dan Moran, YN1

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:08:34 +0100

Dear Sirs: My name is Chris Springer. I am from Sacramento, California, and currently live in Budapest, Hungary, where I edit a city guide called "Budapest In Your Pocket." For the last couple of years, I have been researching another book, which is a historical guide about Pyongyang. This book will be the first about Pyongyang that is not authorized by the North Koreans and does not simply repeat their propaganda. When the Stalinist North Korean regime collapses and the country opens up, I hope that this book will be the first to tell the outside world everything about Pyongyang that has long been hidden - from the prisons, to the forbidden areas. One such hidden part of Pyongyang's history is the ordeal of the crew of the USS Pueblo. Someday Pyongyang will be opened to the world, and when it is, I think it important that visitors know what happened to the crew members for those 11 months - that it not be forgotten. In my book I would like to mention exactly where in Pyongyang the crew of the USS Pueblo were held, which is why I am writing to you now. I note from the official website that the crew was held in two places: Compound I (for six weeks) and Compound II (for 42 weeks). Does anyone have any idea where in the city, or on the outskirts of the city, either of these places was? I noticed that there is a satellite photo of Compound I, which means that longitude and latitude coordinates might be available for it. I have a couple of maps of Pyongyang, so any clues that you might have would be useful to me. Any help you can provide would be most welcome, and I will acknowledge it in the Foreword to my book. If you would like more information about my book, I would be happy to provide that as well. Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely, Chris Springer

Budapest In Your Pocket Október 6. u. 21. I/4 H-1051 Budapest

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 17:10:28 -0500

Dear Mr. Mc Clarren, Thank you very much for answering my father's e-mail and giving us your address. My Name is Linda Rauskolb, I'm from Germany and a junior in high school. I go to Santa Catalina School, in Monterey, California. I am doing a research paper in US History on the "Capture of the USS Pueblo." The paper is due on February 25, 2000. So I have about a month to research and wirte it. I was wondering, if you could answer some or maybe all of the following questions. I would be very greatful for that and it would help me a lot to wirte this paper. - Looking back now more than 30 years, what are your thoughts today on the capture of the Pueblo? - Are you and the other men bitter about what happened, and the measures taken or not taken by the US government? - Have you or the other men ever gone back to North Korea? Is that something that you would consider doing? - What did the men do after release and what are the men doing now? - Do you still talk about of what has happened? Are the men haunted and have nightmares about the capture and imprisonment? - What was the public's reaction when you were finally freed and what is the reaction of the public today when they learn that you were personally involved in the hijacking of the Pueblo and endured the many months of imprisonment in North Korea? - How has the experiece changed your lives? Can you tell me if there is any kind of official Navy report on the USS Pueblo that is accessible to the public and if so where I can get a copy of it. I would like to include a government report, preferably a Navy report in my research and sources. I understand that Captain Bucher at one time was living here in Monterey - do you know if he is still in the area? Thank you very much for taking your time to read my questions and maybe taking time to answer some or all of them.

Sincerely, Linda Rauskolb

Subject: The illegal seizure and the heroes of the Pueblo

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the most flagrantly illegal piracy in international waters of any country"s ship. I just want to send a message to Commander Bucher and his crew. You did us proud. I joined the Navy in 1973 for two reasons. My Dad, who was a LTCDR in Korea and you Cmdr. Bucher. My best to all the crew of the USS Pueblo.

Subject: I remember Today
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 07:03:49 -0500

We have not forgotten the crewmembers, their bravery and service to the United States of America. although in these troubled times many have forgotten. Dolores
Ronald R. Witherspoon USNR RM2 USS Canesteo AO 99 10/2/62 to 12/16/66

Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 19:50:02 EST

I would like your permission to link to your site, from My NAVY page, Or Vet.Links page. Please take a look at "my website" below, and give your approval. I would like to use your banner for the link, and of course upload it to my HD ! I will put it up so you can see how it looks, but will only link it if you approve; and will remove it if you feel otherwise. Thanks in Advance, Wm.C.(Bill)Gowacki Husband,Father,Patriot

"http://www.hometown.aol.com/wacki56/"

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:58:14 -0500

Dear Sirs;

I am trying to write a paper on the Pueblo incident and found your web site to be wonderful and full of information. I was wondering if you had ever heard the rumor that the reason the US government could not respond to the seizure of the Pueblo as quickly as they should have done was because the Navy was helping with the production of the movie TORA TORA TORA at the time. Do you know if that is true or not? I have only begun to do research on this project but I want you to know that I was only 21 when I heard of your capture. My father was a vet of WWII and our entire family believed you should do everything possible to come home alive and the government should have done everything in their power to see that you got home. Thank you for your wonderful homepage.

Garnett Hess Regent UniversityVa. Beach, Va.

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:11:23 -0500

I was sent to Korea in Feb '68 before I even had a chance to complete my advanced infantry training at Fort Dix. All of my battalion was sent there. We knew you guys had been captured but we had no idea of what we were getting into. When I got to Seoul, I thought I would be assigned there because, even though I was an enlisted man, I had a college degree, but the Army kept sending me further north toward the DMZ. I ended up a rifleman in Co C 3/23rd 2nd Infantry Division.

Later when the 1st Sgt saw what a good typist I was I was moved into the company clerk position. When we rotated north to the Z I volunteered to go back into the line as a rifleman. We were about 3 miles south of the Imjin River when I arrived at Charlie Company.

We spent 4 months "down south" training and pulling blocking duty when an infiltrator would get through. We went north in June '68 to pull 4 months of patroling (we'd set night ambush patrols in the DMZ every night - these were the most dangerous - my buddy Michael Rymarczuk from Philly and a South Korean were shot and killed and Earl Jeffery, Cleveland Davis, Reese Weathers, Jimmy Fleenor and a South Korean named Um were all from my platoon and wounded in 4 separate firefights in the summer of '68), we'd sit at Guardpost Gladys in the Z for 4 days at a time (12 of us - the North Koreans pretty much left the guard posts alone), we manned foxholes and sandbagged mini-towers every night along a 10 foot tall chainlink fence, which "joe" would try to cut the fence or even try to dig under.

It was the worst in the summer, when the foliage was thick. I learned several years ago that agent orange was sprayed by South Koreans along the fence, foxholes, guardposts and roads in and around the Z. We got our water from a spring at the foot of our guardpost. I'm trying to get the agent orange act of 1991 to include Korean DMZ vets. I was working with Admiral Zumwalt, God rest his soul. I have sent my documents to the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees. We should have the same rights and presumptions as Vietnam vets who were exposed, but we don't yet. I used to hear the North Korean loudspeakers while you guys were prisoners. We would be on patrol , in foxholes, or at the guardpost. We knew you were being tortured and we really felt bad for you .

We heard Commander Bucher on the speakers at speaker hill . I am glad to say I have been able to talk to him recently and I was able to tell him that he had nothing to be ashamed of and all my buddies in the DMZ felt the same way. All of you are heroes. I'm proud of you.

I have read several books about your experiences and you have my gratitude and thanks for a job well done. If any of you are ever in the area of Statesville, N.C. call me at 704-871-9000 and I'll buy you the biggest steak in town. Well, that's my story.

The VFW Feb, 2000 magazine issue will have an article on agent orange in the Korean DMZ in '68, but I guess we all have our own crosses to bare and you guys certainly have your share. I want you to be sure you know that all of us Army guys were thrilled to see your choppers fly over in Dec. '68.

I had buddies who were there when you crossed the bridge of no return. I saw it this May when I returned to Korea for a tour. After you were released a patrol from my company snuck up to those North Korean loudspeakers and shot the hell out of the one dark night. That was for you guys. God bless you.

David Benbow PO Box 432 Statesville,N.C. 28687-0432 (704)871-9000.

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:50:08 -0600

Greetings: I am reading, with a great deal of interest, the information you have out on the web. I was a CT in Hakata Japan when the Pueblo was captured. Hakata was a tri-service base with operations sharing the same building.

An Airman came to our spaces and asked me to come down and look at what they were tracking and thought we would know something as it looked real and was possibly US Navy related. I remember how clearly the tracking initiated outside our territorial water definition. We did not have any information as that was outside our area of responsibility and did not know what it was until it hit the news.

Glenn L. Martin CT2, USN 1965 - 1969 Hakata 1966 - 1968 USS Georgetown 1968 -1969

Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:03:46 -0600

At this time I will not give my name , but I served aboard the USS CHAR E-31 , at the time of your capture . Our ship was on its' way home from VIETNAM , returning from our third cruise , when we got orders to turn around and sail west . We all thought that at that time we were on our way back to the TONKIN GULF .

The day that we received these orders , you could not see another ship anywhere in sight . I stood bridge watch that night 20:00 - 24:00 hrs. . still night a ship to be seen . The next morning it made no difference which direction that you would look there were ship of all types , it look to me like the whole 7th fleet was there .

At about 0:900 we were told what had taken place with your ship , the rumors began to fly as to why we were there . We were not told as to how many other ammo ship were there in that task force with us , if any , but if we all knew , except for a chosen few , what we were carrying I would have sworn it was going to be another type of the end of W.W.II ( if you know what I mean ) Please answer me back ......

AGAIN TO YOU AND ALL OF YOUR SHIPMATES DELBERT GOBEN B/M SN USS CHARA E-31 1966-1968

Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 08:16:07 -0500

Importance: Normal Dear Pueblo Vets: Ever since I read "My Anchor Held" (back in the early 70's) I have held a high level of respect for your service to our nation, and for your brave and honorable behavior in captivity. I have also been saddened by the nation's lack of reaction (at the time or since) toward the North Koreans, and by the nation's failure to recognize you all as heroes (at the time, or since!)

Thank you, from at least one citizen who benefits daily from the sacrifices you and so many others have made to keep us a free nation. (Now, if we can only defeat those within our borders who pose as journalists, liberal politicians, academics, and many others who want to re-write the Constitution and bind us with Socialism....)

A question: I remember hearing and/or reading that the Captain and crew of the Pueblo, other than the cryptologists, were uncleared for (and therefore largerly unaware of) the intelligence collection mission of the ship -- and that this led at least partially to the ship's capture. How true is that, if at all?

Thanks, - Wayne Sweitzer Stafford, VA

Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 09:44:01 -0800

As a U.S. Army NCO attached to VQ-1 from late 1968 to 1971, I had special knowledge of the USS Pueblo (AGER-2). My duties were the Army equivalent of a Navy CT. I was also in the squadron when we lost PR-21. Therefore, I share alot of the feelings of abandonment that you went through.

I have added your page to the Other Links page of my site: www.norpaccrows.org

Please come visit Gil Bouffard

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:36:12

Gentlemen, my name is Richard Hula and I was a 2nd class ETN aboard the U.S.S. Dale when the Pueblo was captured. We were "cold iron" in Sasebo, Japan and to the best of my knowledge the first U.S. Naval ship to arrive onstation after the capture of the Pueblo.

We spent several weeks and maybe as much time as a month on station and were actually inside the 12 mile limit a coupe of times (verified by ships radar). I don’t know if it was in error by our navigators but my guess is not and the rumor was that we were trying to test the North Koreans at the time. At any rate I wanted to relate this information and send my best to all who may read this note.

Rich

I enquired a few years ago with some government agency about the USS BANNER, and was informed that I had spent my 14 months on a cargo ship. I was a QM 3 on the Banner , standing a mid watch when we were told to make a 180 degree turn back to port. The rest is pretty much a history that some would like to just leave alone. I'll have to do some digging around. but I'm quite sure that I have some slides of your departure from Yokosuka and also some pictures from the firing range where we learned how to fire the 50 caliber machine guns.

Ralph Clarke

Subject: Involvement in Pueblo Incident
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 15:58:53 -0800

I was an RD3 aboard USS Truxtun DLGN-35 (later CGN-35) which, along with USS Halsey, had escorted USS Enterprise from the West Coast. The 3 ships pulled out of Sasebo about 0900 on Jan 23, 1968, and headed south towards the Philippines. During evening chow the ship heeled over in a sharp, table-clearing 180 degree turn and the voice on the 1MC told us that a US ship had been captured by the North Koreans and we were going to assist, if possible.

The Truxtun headed north at flank speed, about 33 knots, with Enterprise and Halsey following. However, we were faster and, unlike Halsey, didn't need to refuel from the carrier (we were nuclear-powered), so we steadily pulled away from them. About 0400 I recall we received orders to rig up towing cables aft and be ready to go into Wonsan harbor at daylight, shoot the place up, recapture the Pueblo, and tow it out of there. With only one 5"/54 and two 3"/50s and aluminum superstructure and thin skin, I figured we had our work cut out for us if we were to get into a gunfight with shore batteries.

We pulled up just south of Wonsan around 0500. Around 0600 two older WWII vintage destroyers arrived on station and were given the towing assignment, set to start at 0800. It was postponed until 0900. Then 1000. Eventually the recovery effort was called off, apparently because the Pueblo was a lost cause - crew had been taken off, secret materials compromised, etc. About this time we were overflown by a Soviet Badger recon bomber at about 200'.

More US ships arrived and within a few days there were about 30 ships in 3 carrier groups off the east coast of Korea. A sharp-looking Russian DE shadowed us for a few days. After a couple of weeks Truxtun and Enterprise sailed around the peninsula and took up station in the Yellow Sea. We figured the big fight was about to begin with US carriers on two sides and Air Force bases to the south, North Korea was nearly surrounded. However, as we all now know, nothing happened.

I guess the admirals figured the N.Koreans would have retaliated against the Pueblo crew had we gone in and done what we all wanted to do. The reason I am sending this information is that a former Pueblo crewmember, upon hearing of Truxtun's and the other ship's attempted "911 response" from a mutual friend, remarked that until then, he had been under the impression that no efforts had been made to assist.

I don't know why the USAF or other forces didn't respond or why there wasn't a DD assigned to protect you in the first place. I just know that we did try to help but our ship wasn't fast enough and/or was too far away to get there in time.

I live near Eugene Oregon and every Veterans Day the local paper prints the names of area men lost in wars. Duane Hodges (lived in Creswell, near Eugene) usually is mentioned along with a short account of the Pueblo incident. I hope this info is of interest.

By the way, the Truxtun is holding its 1st ever reunion in San Diego November 3,4,5 2000. JLPerry

Subject: Thank You
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 10:58:25 -0800

What a great website! Would like to use some of the stories for an upcoming Washington State Council meeting of Vietnam Veterans of America, particularly Stu Russell's Tearoom encounter. Being in the service at that time was a difficult, thankless occupation, but you all acquitted yourselves well, and it is good to finally be able to look back and be proud that we all shared that association.
God bless you all. - Kyle S. Peterson U.S. Navy, 1971 - 1982

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:45:18 -0800 (PST)

Dear Member's of the USS Pueblo Veteran's Association, I hope that this e-mail finds you all in good health. My name is Jermey R. Dickerson. I am a History Major at the University of Toledo, Ohio. I am writing a paper on the USS Pueblo, and the unfortunate events that unfolded. I was wondering if any of you would be willing to give me some information, I have visited your web site which I found very helpful, but I was wondering if there is any way that I maybe able to meet with one of the crew one on one. If not that is fine, because I understand how hard it can be to try an talk about the experiences that they would have under gone.

My Great Grandfather fought in WW II in France, that has all I have been able to get out of him, he told me that what he saw and experienced he wishes to forget. ... Well I Thank you for your time Gentlemen.
Sincerely, Jermey R. Dickerson

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 04:23:49 -0700
Subject: Your website

I am a survivor of the attack on the USS Liberty. I enjoyed your website, and just for your information I was a very good friend of Joe Sterling. We meant at Cheltenham.

Ronald G. Kukal Former chaplain for the USS Liberty Veterans Association 456 East Montana St.Sheridan, Wy 82801

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:33:53 -0500

hello...my name is jim leonard and i reside in upstate new york. i am a former CTA (1970-1974). Lately, i have been giving presentations (obviously an unclassified version) of the history of NAVSECGRU to Rotary clubs and the like. The presentation has been VERY warmly received and i always get many comments from the audience. The stories of the liberty and pueblo are, of course, major highlights.

what i am looking for are a few slides that i could use in the presentation. do you know where i can obtain them?? i found many pictures on the web, but unfortunately, the quality is not very good once they are enlarged on a screen. any help in pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

thanks very much, jim leonard

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:58:27 EST
Subject: Thanks

I am the step-son of Wendell Leach. Let me be one of the first family members to tell you that this site honor's my dad's memory. All through school, I tried to tell everyone I know about the Pueblo. The history books leave that part out. It really bugged me. I make it my right to still keep the memory and history of the PUEBLO alive!!! Thanks!!!

James Robertson.

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:35:03 -050

I found my VP-6 website, and others like it; and lo and behold, here y'all are. . .What a tough journey through life you've had, needless to say. . .I speak as a close participant, after the fact, of sorts. . .When y'all got back to North Island, they housed you in the upper deck of our flight crew training barracks. . .the enlisted troops. . .

It was rare, but we had, on occasion, to stand the OOD watch. . .AND I'll never forget the night Charles Law came up to me and needed to go into town. . .to get married. . .And just like in the great movie " Midway" (Henry Fonda as Admiral Nimitz) when he said, "Now we all know the Navy is never wrong. . .but in this case I think they're just a little weak in bein' right." . . .I turned away; and like Sergeant Schultz. . ."I Saw Nothiiiing !!!". . .And into town he went. . .I guess the statute of limitations has run on this one !. . .And, as then, my pleasure to do it. . .the only right thing to do. . .from our standpoint of view.

God Bless y'all. . .the entire ship was nothing but filled with heroes all. . .I'll never forget you. . .And I still have, beat and tattered, Commander Bucher's book right here on my private bookcase. . .bound with a little duct-tape, but still a treasure. . .and a lasting story of what our time/Navy went through.

Hello, I am a radio amateur and I am interested in the radio room and what radios were on the Pueblo at the time of capture. Bill Marx W2CQ

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 17:36:37

I saw your name in the Silent Warriors of East Asia guestbook. I served with Wayne Anderson in Bremerhaven where he was a Morse op. He decided to join the Navy for better promotion opportunities and I learned years later that he was one of your shipmates. Any idea how I might be able to contact him.

The 6913th RSM Bremerhaven has a web site and we are holding a reunion in September. We'd love to contact all former members of the unit but some have gone missing, "Andy" Anderson is one of them. Thanks for any help you may offer. Dick Baumgartel Port Charlotte, FL

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000

Dear Sirs, Despite my e-mail I am not now or ever have been a General. I was at the time of your release a Specialist 4th class in the 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th U.S. Army. We were at the 121st Evac Hospital when you arrived by Chopper. I thanked God that my prayers of the previous 11 months were finally answered. We guarded the hospital that night and were able to talk to some of you about your ordeal. You were truly heroes. Your friend, Bill O'Connor

Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 13:17:35

I am a retired MSgt (intelligence) who is now a civil servant. I have a young Lt working for me who doesn't know what the Pueblo was really all about. When I told him that the song, Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image was about the Pueblo, he didn't believe it. Please help me set this young man straight on what really happened. Thank you. Jane Cappe, USAF Ret

Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:47:16

This is by far the best web site I have found regarding the USS PUEBLO. My dad was a crew member on the USS PUEBLO (Rodney H. Duke) and other than what he has told me and the few books I have read there was no place to get information. It is great to know that people have a chance to find out about these events and the men who served so bravely. I attended the POW award ceremony in San Diego and I can remember the feeling of pride I had being around the crew. Again thank you for your web site, it took a lot of work and time and I hope people will continue to visit the site. Sincerely, Rodney D. Duke

Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:51:48

Gentlemen,

I was glad to find your site and efforts to bring forth the actual events of the USS Pueblo loss. It made me sick at the time and the whole event has remained with me for all these years. In reading your latest review of events, I finally saw mention of communications via the NSG detachment on board..... I was a CTM2 stationed at the Naval Comm. Facility on Guam.

A good friend on mind was on watch that night and monitored the ONLINE TTY KW7 traffic coming from the Pueblo. COMMUNICATIONS continued during the attack, and continued right up until a Korean started down the passage way to the NSG COMM room. The only attempt to destroy crypto was a sledge hammer and there was surely no time to do that based on the TTY data at the time of signoff..... These 2 KW7's were the first to provide the Russians with our gear and tech manuals. In later years, this would be used with the code sheets provided by the WALKER group. We also loss a just fielded NBDF intercept system - state of the art. I feel the Soviets new what was onboard and got the Koreans to take it for them.

When the Pueblo reached port and the crew was removed, L. Johnson has set an AIR STRIKE time to go in and blow up the Pueblo. An hour or so before the strike was to begin, a cancellation order came through....no reason as to why. "No balls Johnson" had struck again. Should you wish to discuss any details, please let me know....the NAVY had plenty of time to respond and knew what was going on ..... they just didn't, just like the response on the EC121 incident... I hope Captain Bucher gets his reprieve.......

Keith Armstrong CTM2 997-16-40 USN '65 to '70

Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:13:35 -0500

Hi I was just browsing your web site as I have always been an avid reader of Navy history. I got an idea. I am a retired RMCM(1943-66) who had a tour of duty as PO-in-Charge of the Navy Receiver Site at Guantanamo Bay 1950-53. One end of my receiver site had the "CT's" monitoring station, which being just a peon, I was not allowed acess to except during the midwatch. One of the guys I knew was Cecil Hubley, who I heard later made CTCM and was in DC when I next heard of him. Just wondered if you have heard of him as I know your fraternity was quite close knit.

Sincerely Joe Becknell Charleston,SC