Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:23:58 +0100

Hi,

Last year I went on holiday to North Korea for a week, just to see what it was like. During my time there we were proudly shown the USS Pueblo as an example of North Korean "might". It is still very much a tool of propaganda, with a most hilariously old-fashioned video extolling the bravery of the North Koreans that captured it. Also, I met a man, now an Admiral, who was aparently part of the crew that captured the boat. I took a few photos, I thought you may be interested in them. I'm the gormless-looking chap in the orange t-shirt! http://www.e-penguin.uh-hosting.co.uk/gallery/pyongyang?page=7 Hope this brings back a few memories!

Cheers, Daniel Lakey

Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:56:17 -0700

I am a sheriff's deputy in Arizona and have seen the story about the Pueblo on T.V. and have read about it on the internet. It all happened well before I was born in 1977. I recently arrested a subject that stated that he was on the pueblo and spent " nine months in prison in Korea". I think he was looking for a break. I don't really feel bad about it due to the crime I arrested him for, but I was up late and decided to see if I could find a list of crew members on board during the incident and see if he was among them. You will be glad to hear that his name did not pop up anywhere. I will definitely be adding that to the report as well and will bring it up every chance I can. In my line of work I see this crap a lot. People tell me they were navy seals or green berets a lot but, this is the first time I heard this one. This site is outstanding and it is a great way for others to learn and remember what happened.

Thank you. Jason.

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Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 18:47:32 +0000 (UTC)

Sir,

I am interested in what type of communication was onboard at the time the U.S.S. Pueblo was seized? Do you know if the KW-7 crypographic system was being used or was here a different unit onboard? Can you help or point me in a direction that might help with this question?

Thanks, Richard

Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 17:05:14 EDT

Do you know the origin of the USS Pueblo. What was her length and her beam and was she flat bottomed. The reason i ask is whether it could have been a former amphibious landing craft, a LCI [landing craft infantry] We would like more information.

Thank you, Gordon L. Smith

Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 00:29:53 -0700 (PDT)

I'm just a concerned citizen that would like to know why it is so hard for one of your POW's that was on the USS Pueblo to get any benefits. If nothing else for PTSD. I think it's pretty sad that a man can fight for his country, but his country won't help him when he needs it. This man has been denied any disability benefits. I think it is really sad... Kathy

Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 18:15:08 EDT

Was the cmdr ever exonerated? Was he wounded during the capture?

Dick Byrne

Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:26:02 -0500

Sirs,

I met Captain Bucher several years ago and remember vividly his stories of the Pueblo incident. I was sad to hear of his death only a few years after meeting him. However, last year, I had a rare opportunity to visit North Korea and tour the Pueblo, and would be happy to share some of the Photos of the ship as it currently exists, as well as any recollections of the tour of the vessel if you are interested. Thank you for your time and your service, -Rodger Baker

Date: April 2006

I am a Navy veteran and I have been searching the web for info on purchasing a copy of the movie or documentary about the Pueblo Incident without any luck. Do you know where I might purchase a VHS or DVD copy of the movie. I think it stared Hal Holbrook. --Ed Copher

Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:26:30 -0700

We were the boys off the coast of North Korea, ready for the word to bring you home. I am the "Petty Officer in Charge" of http://www.ussyorktown.com and there is now a new perspective of our involvment in your capture. It is written by a radarman who worked in CIC of the USS Yorktown. I think your shipmates of the USS Pueblo would be interesting in reading how Gung Ho we were to rescue you and your fellow crewmen. click here: http://aspecialdayguide.com/yorktown/pueblo.htm

Respectfully, Daniel Alan Bernath Petty Officer 2nd Class USS Yorktown US Navy 1966-1970

Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 12:51:20 EDT

I had sent an e-mail a few months ago asking crew members of the Pueblo about Lloyd Bucher deserving the Medal of Honor, along with any others that should receive awards they did not receive. I got some favorable responses. I need more, from all if possible. I sent off this request to the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy. Their response was that I need documentation, such as what action did this man do to receive this Honor. I wish they could read, the story is available if they would just look. The Navy must know. Anyway I am still pursuing this and will until the day I die. What I think I need is e-mails from crew members stating what action did Commander Bucher do to deserve this Honor. Can you guys help me. E-mail if you can, write me a letter. Please include any other crew members deserving of any awards they did not receive. What about Duane Hodges. He was destroying material when killed if I'm correct. he was a fireman if I am right. Does he deserve anything as he was working out of his given job, as most or all of you were. heck, all of you should have the Medal of Honor for what you did.

Beauford Toney

Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:40:45 -0400

I am contacting you from Lou Reda Productions, a documentary production company in Easton, PA. We have recently been contracted by the History Channel to produce a 13 part series entitled "Hero Ships". Each hour long program will tell the story of a particular ship. We are considering including the USS Pueblo in this series and would like to talk with you about it. Her story is fascinating, and I am hoping you can put me in touch with veterans who can share the details of their amazing experiences. I hope to hear back from you shortly and look forward to working together on a truly exciting project.

Sincerely, Liz Wambold Lou Reda Productions 230 Ferry Street, 2nd Floor Easton, PA 18044 ph- 610-258-2957

Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 18:15:40 EDT

To USS Pueblo Crew'

I was 17 years old when sent to serve in Korea about three weeks after you guys were captured all ready to do whatever it took to bring you all home. I look back and believe the way Our country handled your capture was the start of a series of events we will regret as long as there is a free United States. We have great power but no longer seem to have the will to use it.In a World with garbage like the North Korean Government and others someone must be willing to take out the garbage. "Bring home the Pueblo or lets sink her where she sits" I would love to meet you guys God Bless

Paul Schreiber

Date: Monday, May 15, 2006 8:45

Hey guys,

I really enjoyed your Pueblo web site after all of these years, you have done a great job to help keep the memory alive for the Pueblo crew and its families. I worked for the Naval Oceanographic Office from April 1966 to April 1986. I knew Denny Tuck and Harry Iredale and remember hearing their prison stories when they returned. Up until just a few years ago Denny was still working for the Naval Oceanographic Office. I am curious as to why you do not list the names of the crew members and the two oceanographers. There are references to the oceanographers but no accounting as to what they were doing. An interesting follow up to your website would be where are these men now and what they are doing. I know Capt. Bucher used to visit NAVOCEANO at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, but I heard he passed away recently. I hope he received some kind of recognition for his horror that he went through. Do you know where Harry Iredale is now? Thanks, for the great work.

Sincerely, Michael Dee Systems Engineer (NGA) National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:47

What an honor to have you take the time to reply to my e-mail. You see in my mind and my heart you and your shipmates will always be heros. No one could ask any more of you then what you all gave. I know in my heart history should show the brave crew of the USS Pueblo in the most positive light. It would be an honor to meet some of you and I hope to do so. My condolences to you all on the resent loss of your shipmate Monroe "Goldie" Goldman. Heres to the day we bring the USS Pueblo home! May God bless you all.

Paul Schreiber

Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 23:15:19 -0500

Pueblo crew,

I was aboard the USS Bradley DE 1041 during your ordeal. We remained on station for 40 day most of the time at GQ frustrated of doing nothing. We were your designated tow/escort ship. Please make with us www.ussbradley.com and pgroos@dragonsquest.com president USS Bradley Association.

Do Good Thing, Paul J. Groos USS Bradley Association

Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 01:12:41 -0400 (EDT)

Dear sir, I am the owner of a forum for the US Military in South Korea. I would like to know if it is possible to do an interview with one of the Pueblo crew members. It would be a simple e-mail interview. Thanks for your time! -- Founder, USFK forums and Classifieds 808-386-9435

Date: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:28

You know because I was sent to Korea a couple of weeks after the USS Pueblo incident and was there still two months after your return I feel a comradeship with you all. I wonder if I can do something for you guys. I live about 200 miles from where Duane Hodges is at rest I would be Honored to look after his grave for you once in awhile or whatever I can do, just ask. This is from Paul Schreiber an Army guy but my son was Navy so I'm not all bad. God Bless

Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:06:48 -0400

I happened to have obtained a used copy of Cmdr. Bucher's autobiography which is signed and presented to John Maloney, a fellow submariner. It seems to me this book would have some value to Mr. Maloney or his family, and I would give it to him if I knew who he was. Do you have any idea who John Maloney is? Incidentally, this is a great book and story. Thank you. Leighton Lang

Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:15:23 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Sir or Madam:

On January 23, 1968, I was in a firefight in Vietnam alongside a Garcia -- Emilio Garcia. He was first to tell me of the Pueblo's capture and, as I recall, that a relative of his was aboard the ship. On that same day, January 23, 1968, Emilio was killed by small arms fire. I was one of the last people he spoke to. I am wondering of Policarpo "PP" Garcia could be that relative of which he spoke? If he is, and if "PP" is still alive, could you please forward my e-mail address to him? I would be grateful.

Respectfully, Joe Guerra San Diego, California

Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:50:07 -0700

All Vets from the Pueblo,

My name is James C. Johnston, formerly with the Adjutant General's office at Ft Lewis, Washington during the time the Pueblo was captured. For many reasons, TREASON and other threats made to myself and others, l could not tell you what l'm about to but it's been 40 years, l've been denied VA Benefits as l was stateside although l was blamed for the deaths of hundreds of men as they were trying to get me to stop contacting Westmoreland at his home and Commander of the Pueblo who, after release, learned the truth but could not pass the msg to his troops for similar reasons as mine. There were 3 Spy Ships put into Korean waters with basic crews to run the ships and intelligence info on board was falsified. The REASON was that the US Gov needed l00,000 troops for the TET OFFENSIVE and could not draft, put people thru Basic Training and AlT (advanced individual training) as that took l6 weeks just for the training and that was all the time so the logic was to be attacked by another country as at that point we were the attackers and could not legally activate the National Guard or Reserves unless the US was under attack. Knowing that the worlds' press was watching, we sent 2 (TWO) battalions to Korea and than broke another law by activating and SENDING troops to Viet Nam. Think of the logic. Attacked by your neighbor so you go next door to beat up your other neighbor. POINT is. ALL those aboard the Pueblo need to know this as the military kept all records from my first time trying for benefits as this and the rest has taken me from family and friends, livelihood, depression and constant suicidal thoughts so l'm hoping the time limit is up on this so l don't get put in prison. The proof is probably in the history books nix the other 2 spy ships and the fact that the US Government had a lawsuit filed against them, the first state militia in American History to do so, for illegally activating and sending National Guard overseas as the law was the National Guard was to protect OUR borders and those of our Territories. This was filed in l968 by the l03 National Guard from University of Southern California NG which had MANY CBS employees in that unit and thus MIKE WALLACE got involved with reporting the truth and was sued and LOST to WESTY because he LIED as did our GOVERNMENT. PLEASE, before l pass on as l've developed Morgellon's disease and although the BVA had several shrinks and counselors say my problems stem from the Viet Nam era or within months of ETS but my records of proof apparently disappeared with other records from a Mental Health group who had documented this for me within one year of ETS. When the military found out all records had been burned in l980, they denied me but l'm still continuing.

Please let me know what l can do. best, James C. Johnston US Army Adjutant General Deployment

Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:54:06 -0700

Doing some research on your pages about the Pueblo, and was stopped cold by the following paragraph: In addition to the lack of ready protection, the US Navy maintained the same communications procedures and methods for the PUEBLO mission as LIBERTY had operated under during her fateful mission of June 1967. The PUEBLO's inability to establish reliable communications with a higher command authority would be a similar repeat of the problems that contributed to the lack of help for LIBERTY. Unfortunately, it appears nothing was learned from the LIBERTY incident. I was a 'witness', via teletype communications, of both the attacks on the USS Liberty and the USS Pueblo. I say a 'teletype witness', for every time a message came in from those ships, it was immediately posted for all of us in the ops center to read. I was enlisted in the Army Security Agency at that time, and was stationed near Ankara, Turkey, during the Liberty attacks, and in Chitose, Japan when the Pueblo was taken. I recall no unexplained lapse in communications during either event. Had such a thing happened, I'm sure we "watchers" would have concluded the ship had been destroyed, and that would not be something I could have forgotten. The procedure in the late '60's was that certain high priority messages (as any message from a listening post under attack would be) were broadcast to "all recipients" -- that is, all stations that had the state of the art scrambler communications equipment that I believe only NSA had at the time). Any station picking up such a message would rebroadcast the message, again to all recipients. Thus each message was broadcast many hundreds of times on its way to DIRNSA. A fail safe system, and no way the messages didn't get through to the states in a timely manner. It is possible, if not probable, that the ships, being somewhat more vulnerable to attack and capture, did not have state of the art communications equipment. But the equipment they did have was enough to reach us in Turkey and Japan. And we had the equipment to get a message around the world in a few seconds. If you are in touch with any of the comm center personel from the Pueblo, I am sure they would verify what I've said here.

Ken Slusher fomer teletype intercept operator, ASA/NSA

Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:05:46 -0500

To Whom It May Concern:

I have just been reminded of the courage of Commander Lloyd Bucher during his command of the of the USS Pueblo while viewing an unlikely source of information. " Family Plots " was airing one of their regular shows and it astounded me as to how I had forgotten such a man of great courage, strength and honor as Commander Bucher. The funeral was held at the source of this show and it showed the great amount of finesse and true respect and brought back to me the memories of that time. I was a teen ager in a small town called LeRoy, Illinois but I do remember that Capt. Bucher's stand and his unmeasurable courage to do what he thought was the right thing to do under the circumstances, helped me to begin a strong devotion to my country, a desire to choose the best options for others around me and to be able to stand strong and proud with the decisions I make. I believed then and I believe now that Capt. Bucher was a hero of all heros and perhaps more courageous than most Heroes. I just wanted to give my thanks and sympathy to his other supporters and to his family. I will always think of him as a great courageous, honest and partiotic officer to ever serve this country.

Debra Bays

Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:43:16 -0400 }

Hello:

My name is Ray Spencer. Although I have never served in the military I was a civilian employee at the Bainbridge Naval Training Center in Maryland in 1972. My grandfather had a farm on the property and my father claimed to be the only sailor to have been born and also to have gone through boot camp on the Bainbridge site. In 1972 I was a recent HS graduate and worked full time at the CPO Club on base. I have never forgotten the name of the person who trained me and helped me to get my military drivers’ license, Charlie Crandell. After hearing that he had been a member of the crew of the Pueblo his name was forever in my memory. Although he may not remember me, he was always a hero in my mind and I’ve told many of my acquaintances that I knew him. If my memory is accurate, he was leaving the Navy to become a prison guard I believe in Oklahoma and I was taking over some of his duties as a warehouseman at the club. The passing of CDR Bucher renewed my interest in the Pueblo, I have been wondering how Mr. Crandell had been doing. Although I’m sure that he will not remember a young overweight kid from 1972, I’m writing to simply say that I hope he has done well and to thank him, his crewmembers and all those who serve our country. If possible could you please pass my comments on to him? I will always be proud to have come in contact with him and I hope that his life after the military has been healthy and prosperous.

Thank you, F. Ray Spencer

Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:35:37 EDT

I covered the Board of Inquiry in Coronado, CA, in 1969 for ABC News. I have an artist's sketch of Peter Bucher, signed by him, along with a Navy press pass and a Pueblo patch. I don't know if you have central place where such items are collected, but if you want any of these items, I would be happy to send them to you.

Bill Brannigan

Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:47:58 -0700

You will recall that about a year and a half ago, you gave conditional permission for my quoting material from this web site. Since then, the conditions were met and communicated to you. Without objection, I proceded to complete the writing of my book, "Intelligence Failures and Decent Intervals", available now through Amazon.com and others. In keeping with my custom of providing complimentary copies of my work to such contributors as the USS Pueblo Veterans Association, I will be sending a signed copy to you upon receipt of a "snail" mail address for that purpose. Thanks very much,

P. G. Kivett, Esquire Author

Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:19:21 +0900

Dear PVA,

I'm not sure if you saw the images of what are purported to be those of the USS Pueblo in Pyongyang (off Google Earth), so I'll send them along.

Sincerely, Thomas Duvernay Webmaster, USS Starr (AKA-67) http://www.ussstarr.org