Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 17:51:00 -0400

Greetings: My name is Jim Davis. I have recently been approached by two private collectors of military memorabilia wanting to purchase an item left to me by my mother. Joyce Davis was the Veteran's Service Officer for Scott County Indiana for 25 years. In her will she left to me a framed, 16"x21" poster announcing a homecoming celebration to be held Feb. 8th 1969 at the American Legion Post 234 of Seaman Larry Marshall. The reverse contains the signatures of all USS Pueblo personnel obtained right before the Pueblo was seized. To my knowledge, no other such collection of these historic signatures exists. I have been offered considerably more than the $1000.00 that I am willing to accept from the USS Pueblo Veterans Association to insure that this irreplaceable piece is properly enshrined. Please respond by April 15th. Jim Davis

Date 04-09-2000 21:52:32 Mountain Daylight Time

Hello. I am a senior at Murray State University and am doing a project in International Law on the USS Pueblo incident. Is there any information you can recommend or send me concerning this incident? I am having trouble finding a lot of information. Any sources you can recommend would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Jonathan Webb In a message dated 04-14-2000 0:19:38 Mountain Daylight Time, Thanks for the reply, that website was very helpful in my report. I would love to continue research on the Pueblo. After doing the report I have become fascinated with the story. Would love to hear more about what actually happened that day. Feel free to reply with any thoughts you may have. Take care and have a great day, Jonathan Webb

Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:33:03 -0700 (PDT)

Sir, would like to gain permission to install some writings of your webpage into our newsletter. I am the editor of the newsletter for the Johnsville Armed Services Museum and since it is the anniversary of the Korean war, we are doing articles of interest about the war. We are a non profit organization and have members of the Korean conflict on our roll. We do not sell or make any money on the newsletters, they are for our membership only. If accepted, we would send you a copy for your reading pleasure. Your cooperation would greatly be appreciated. ===== KEEP THEM FLYING! Walter Bauer

Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 19:44:38 -0500

Gentlemen: As a Navy Viet Nam vet 1962-66, I well remember the Pueblo "Incident" when it was happening. I don't remember much about the aftermath. However, I do seem to recall that a made for tv movie was produced by one of the major networks about the Pueblo hijacking a few years after the crew was returned. Do you have any information to confirm if my memory is correct on this and, if so, which network and how one might get a copy of that tv movie? Thanks for a great historical site! Stephen Lunsford

Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 15:54:11 EDT

To Whom it may concern, My name is Norman van der Sluys, and I work for an audio company that has been transferring old recordings to a preservation format for the National Archives. I thought you might be interested in the recordings I am working on now. They are recordings of Radio Pyongyang from 1968 and contain alleged confessions and letters home from the crew of the USS Pueblo. The quality of the recordings is good for the most part. If you are interested in more information, please do not hesitate to email me. Sincerely, Norman van der Sluys

Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:02:50 EDT

I just found your web page and think it is a great thing..You were all heroes... I was in Kamiseya when you were captured. I was in the same watch section with Sgts. Hammond and Chicca and remember Ralph McClintock. I can still see them at that time clearly in my mind. Read the book a couple of times and saw the History Channel special a couple of times. You guys certainly won't forget but I cannot either... Like I said, you were heroes at the time and still are to this day... My name is Paul Jusko, I was an R brancher. With 2 others, we had a house off-base and I remember explicitely your capture as I was off duty and a friend drove out to tell us. I do in fact have a story. I was trying to get off base for awhile and kept trying to go "TAD" for an extensive period of time. Finally, on a mid-watch...an E-9 marine sergeant (Novak or Nowak) called me in and told me that I was to pack my gear, to leave watch in a couple of hours ... and I would be told where I was going "later on" About an hour later, our watch Chief called me back in and told me that if I went on this trip, I would miss the 2nd Class test and would not have the opportunity to take it again without extending. After thinking about it and with the Chief's guarantee I would have the next trip.... I then declined "this trip".... The next watch section came in to relieve us, Ralph McLintock was called into the office , he got the trip. It was only after your capture and the names of those on-board were publicized did I realize what had happened. Obviously I can never forget that night, the Pueblo, and of course, Ralph. He will not remember me, but I can still to this day, see him leaving the "tunnell" to go "TAD". I never knew if I should have fel tgrateful or apologetic..... I did hear from Ralph and I certainly was glad I did. I also passed along the site info. to another CT who was at Kamiseya when I was who has great interest. Great work with all of this, keep it up!!!

Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:27:00 -0700

My name is Joseph R.F. Betty, CMSgt, USAF (RET). I studied the Korean language with then PFCs Robert Hammond and Robert Chicca. I was assigned to Det 1, 6903rd Security Squadron and in Korea when the PUEBLO was captured. In fact I was on duty and did not know who was on the vessel until the next day when I read the Stars and Stripes. I have never forgotten this tragedy. Unfortunately there is much that can never be said about this incident until all events leading up to and after the capture are declassified. My respect to whoever put together this web page. Enlightening and sorrowful in its memories, to say the least. Joe Chief, Programs Branch

Dear Sir, My name is Benjamin Donnelly. I am doing a webpage for my father as part of a school project for the University of Montana. My father served onboard USS Yorktown (CVS-10), which, as you probably know, was one of the ships sent to Korean waters following the seizure of the Pueblo. With your permission, I would like to download a few images from your website, and link to it as well. Thank you for your time and a great website. Sincerely, Benjamin Donnelly

Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 16:27:39 -0700 (PDT)

Hello, My name is Claire Turner and I am doing a research project on the Pueblo Incident. I was wondering if their was any way that I could contact some of the crew and learn about their personal experiences. This reasearch project will be for my final exam in Social Studies. Thank you for your help and time. Sincerely, Claire Turner

Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:44:12 -0400

To Someone within the Pueblo Veterans Association: Hello My name is Jeff Akins and I am an amateur military historian. I had read that there were extensive volumes of NSA documents on board the Pueblo when she was boarded and that these documents damaged NSA et al by their capture. Why were so many of these "sensitive documents" on board? Any clues? I have been reading about Espionage and am wondering if this was a successful effort by foreign sleepers or assets to provide data during a capture event. Also........relating to the sister ship Liberty. Has anyone gotten copies of the periscope photos of the USS sub that was in the area as she was strafed? Have the Israleis ever apologized for that issue? Enjoyed the site. Jeff Akins' Highland NY

Date: 05-29-2000 10:40:43 Mountain Daylight Time

Hi, My husband , Ed Brandt, wrote the book "The Last Voyage of the USS Pueblo" with 10 of the crew men. We exchanged Xmas cards for some years with some of the crew but lost contact- its been years ago!!!. I'm glad to see that you have a site and an organizatio

Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 20:16:16 -0600

Dear Sirs I was stationed at the 121st Evacuation Hospital from 1968-1969. When the crew of the USS Pueblo were released your crew was medevaced to my unit. I had several conversations with members of the crew during the course of my duty. I am not sure who among the crew I spoke with as you all in hospital gowns and robes and I thought it was not proper to intrude on you after your ordeal. On December 23rd there was a early Christmas eve service in the auditorium of the hospital with some eighteen or twenty crew members attending. The service was simple and routine until we sang Silent Night. It was an experience that I shall never forget. Given the very low morale in both the enlisted and officer of the 121st, and in other neighboring unit, it was the first time which I truly understood why I was there. That service put meaning into the time I had left in country, a sense of really belonging to something that could be good, it helped me understand that we all were comrades in arms even if it was just for a short time. I never have had the chance to thank all of the crew for the heartfelt experience that was brought to me. At the service on Memorial Day I again thought of you, and that wonderful and moving Christmas Eve service. Of my fellow service men who didn't return from North Korea with you. The crew of the USS Pueblo are not forgotten in my heart nor in the hearts of those attending that service. With great admiration to the crew of the USS pueblo, I am sincerely yours Harry S Uffalussy/sp4/121st Evac Hospital

Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 16:30:19 -0700

Attached are two jpg or the "Free the Pueblo" pin back button. My father had it and passed it to me. Grandpa was a VET and my father also. I was only 7 when the Pueblo was Captured... I do remember my folks all about supporting our guys and the button was just part of that... I found your site very informative, and Gave me a better picture of what happened...Thank you. The pictures may be large an in need of cutting down, Let me know if you need that.... Regards: Gary Qualman

Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 11:32:55 -0500

My name is Kevin Buck. I would very much like to contact Capt. Bucher. He is a hero of mine and I would like the opportunity to thank him in writing or via telephone for his bravery. I was all of 11 years old in 1966, but his incident really affected me and I would like the opportunity to express my thanks to him. Do you know how I can reach him. I really appreciate your help Sincerely Kevin Buck

Date: 06-03-2000 16:30:59 Mountain Daylight Time

I was on the USS Coral Sea(CVA-43) when the USS Pueblo was captured off the coast of North Korea. We left the Gulf of Tonkin at that time and headed for the Sea of Japan as a show of force and to participate in any rescue plan should there be any. I have since that time met an individual that states that he was on the USS Pueblo at the time. I checked your list and could not find his name. Could you tell me if there was a Connard Walton on the USS Pueblo at the time of its capture. Thank you very much. Jim Goodwin

Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:41:14 EDT

In January, 1968, I was completing my training as an Army Supply Specialist (Clerk) at Fort Lee, Virginia when the Pueblo Incident occured. Soon thereafter I received orders that sent me to South Korea with an Hawk Missile Air Defense Unit located in mid-country near the 38th parallel. I was still there when the crewmen of the Pueblo were released later that year and I can remember listening to the account of the release on AFRN. For me it was a strange time as I look back upon it. Viet Nam was holding the nation's attention for the most part, yet many of us who were located in South Korea feared a war could break out there. (Interesting story-It would take a North Korean Jet less than 90 seconds to cross the border and blast us into oblivion. One time we received a message from the Pacific Command saying if we came under attack they would have air support to us in about 90 minutes!) Looking back today I know that in many ways our Air Defense Unit was Gunboat dipolmacy. We were there as a show of force, but our bullets were so old they fell apart when you handled them and our missles got so full of water during the monsoons they couldn't be fired. Well to get to the point of this letter, while I was in Korea during 1968 I took a lot of slide pictures of the countryside and I'm pretty sure where I was looked a lot like where you were. Rice paddies, thatchet hooches and mountains. If you'd like me to forward you some of these slides, drop me a note with your address. Keep up the good work and don't let people forget about the Pueblo and those who served on it an their important role in American History, Sincerely yours, David E. Benjamin

Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 02:42:12 -0400

I have a website dedicated to old radios. Some of them were on the Pueblo. I have just been sent a whole roll of photographs (electronically) of shots made in N. Korea of the Pueblo, made by a friend doing humanitarian work. Just wondered if you would be interested. Do you have a email group to join? Cheers, Jeff Jeffrey L. Adams

Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:31:10 -0700 (PDT)

Nice web site! When the incident first happened my father wondered if the Pueblo was the ship he commanded in WWII in the Army Transportation Corp. As there was only seven of them built and his was in the best condition at the end of the war, he felt that there was a good chance of his ship being the one that survived. Years later he did the research and found that yes, it was the '344', his ship. The book "A Matter of Accountablilty" is in his book case, and he says the early history contained in it is breif, but accurate as far as it goes. He gives entertaining talks to service clubs now and then about his war time command, concluding that he wants to recruit a dozen good men (the size of his war time crew) to go get "his" ship back. It seems there are some errors in the facts presented in the early history presented on your web site. For example, the ship was delivered in 1942, not 1944. He promises that as soon as he has time, he will get his documentation together and mail you a correct early history. William T. Melms