Hi,

Was the ship ever returned to the Navy? What happened to it?

Thanks! Brian

Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 16:49:57 -0700

my name is J. w, pickerd rm1, was stationed at the amphipous base in coronado ca when you guys were brought back, had to send , type and proveread all of the court trans scripes on the inquiry, dont know how much of it has been declassified so wnt say to much, until i here from you have a letter of accomadation for the the work that we did on , have all my stuff packed up for we are getting ready to move, will yak more after hearing from you Jack

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:26:36 EDT

Sir; I was in the Navy and was a CT stationed in GITMO with Elton Wood . There was another CT from GITMO who got orders to The USS PUEBLO at the same time as Elton but I can't recall his name . They had both gotten orders for one of the places on their "dream sheet" and then about 2 weeks prior to shipping out from GITMO their changed orders came through sending them to The USS PUEBLO . With their changed orders also came my orders which were sending me to my #1 choice on my "dream sheet", Bremerhaven, Germany . Elton and the other CT jokingly kidded me , saying "Wait a couple'a weeks , Les . You'll be catchin' The Pueblo with us ." I am SO LUCKY my orders weren't changed . I can't begin to tell you how horrible I felt when the ship was captured . I thought about Elton and the other sailor , certainly back then , but also even today and throughout the past years , wondering how they were and wishing that I knew how to get in touch , though I wouldn't dream of prying into their lives . It may interest you to know that The Rochester, New York newspaper did a lengthy article one year after the release of the crew . I had been out of the Navy about 2 months and reading the article I learned that Elton was picked to write the phony confession . I had remembered his absolutely beautiful penmanship from the letters he wrote home from Cuba. Please forgive me for rambling on . I hope you can understand , in some small way , why , after all these years , I feel the need to write about this . I had recently seen Oliver North's "War Stories" on The Pueblo Incident on TV and that is where I found out about your site. I realize that after all this time , and all he has been through , that Elton probably wouldn't remember me . Still , I would really like to find out the name of the CT that I can't recall . I have looked at the roster and I believe he was a CT#3(possibly a CT2) but none of the names "click" with me . Anyway , if possible , I would like to ask that you give Elton my sincerest regards and let him know that he and the other fella have been in my thoughts and prayers all these years . I'm sure I don't have to tell you how very , very lucky I feel that "there , but for the Grace of God.............." I'm not sure that I would have survived the ordeal . Thank you , so much , for taking the time to "hear me out" and read this . Les Buck

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:13:13 –

Can you tell me who was the CO of Pueblo in 1918? Was this the same ship captured by NK?

Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 08:48:10 –

Dear sir: This is Min-Young Kim working for Korean Defense Media Agency. Defense Media Agency is the affiliated organization of Department of Defense in Korea, making national defense newspapaers, broadcast, and movies to inform public and armed forces. Now it is about to start defense satellite broadcasting and for the opening program, we are making a documentary to commemorate 50th anniversary of "Mutual Defesne Treaty between ROK and US." And actually, I am looking for contacting Lloyd Bucher who was the captain of Pueblo. We would like to interview him regarding the incident. Do you happen to know his phone number or e-mail address? I know he resides in Poway, CA, but couldn't find the phone number. If you know his, could you let me know via e-mail or 408-324-0213? Sincerely, Minyoung Kim

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:53:33 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Hi during the two incidents with comunication ship, I was stationed in Edsel Scotland. we were made known of the problems on both ships. I was stationed on the USNS MUELLER. during the year 1968. If any one knows of personnel who were on that ship plethnase contact me at www.buckeyebob@comcast.net. Thanks

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:22:12 –

Where is the ship today? This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only and may contain privileged, confidential, or proprietary information that is exempt from disclosure under law. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this e-mail in error by replying to the e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and destroy any copies of it. Thank you.

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:45:32 EDT

IS THE DISPOSITION OF THE PUEBLO KNOWN ? IS IT STILL IN THE POSSESSION OF THE NORTH KOREANS ? AS A US MARINE, 1959-1963) I SERVED WITH THE NAVY IN ADAK, ALASKA WITH NAVY (CT"S), COMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS, SO I FOLLOWED THIS INCIDENT VERY CLOSELY WHEN IT OCCURRED, AND WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WHEN NO ACTION WAS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE SHIP OR CREW.

BEST WISNES, JOESPH C. CIRELLI

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 13:57:26

The old LTV is now L-3 Communications, Integrated Systems; still in Greenville, TX; and still in the same business. Raytheon sold us 1 ½ years ago. Glenn Meyers

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:59:16

I'm a Vet Thomas J. Petrie ETN R-R, 61-65, Morning Edition just had a program on your history. Please go to National Public Radio and check this out it does not agree with what I remember in the public news at that time. Please don't let them make you and " The Captain" in a bad light. RESPECTFULLY Proud of you THANKS Tom Petrie

Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 12:53:36

Recently, I came across some pictures of my father's time which he spent as a BN Surgeon in Korea during the late sixties. My father was stationed in Korea one month prior to the release of the POWs resulting from the U.S.S. Pueblo incident. Subsequently, my father was one of the receiving physicians of the POWs upon return to South Korea. I have a number of pictures that were taking of this incident, some with my dad leading certain of the POWs to the ambulance. There are also two close-ups of POWs in the ambulance. Others I have of what appears to be a top-level meeting of both sides discussing an incident in which a truck came under fire by the North Koreans. According to my father, the meeting appears to have taken place in a building that splits the DMZ in half where the North Koreans sat in North Korea and the South Koreans in South Korea. I'm not sure if too many of these pictures are circulating around. Most were taken by a professional photographer with the U.S. Army I believe. I'm wondering if you know of anyone in Maryland who might be able to look at my pictures and make a positive verification? I also have pictures in this group of George Wallace who visited the DMZ. My father was one of the people assigned to his party as he was being shown around the operations. My father got a snapshot with him and there are others of him talking with military men. I'd appreciate any assistance you can give. Sincerely, Frank S. Palmisano III

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 03:52:44

Dear Pueblo crew: I was aboard the USS Kretchmer (DER-329), my ship was homeport in Guam, MI. In 1967 we were on station in Operation Market Time, for nine months, we came back to our homeport in early in mid NOV and left Guam for Yokosuka, Japan (R&R) for two weeks in JAN 1968. On Saturday 22 JAN I was a SHL3 and went aboard the USS Chicago (CG-11) for some paint. The CHICAGO was on the otherside of the pier. Then on Sunday 23 JAN 1968, the USS Chicago left port about "in a hurry" about half hour before "Morning Colors," something that no US Navy ships would do. My ship's main battery was two 3-inch, 50-cal. Guns. Just some history for you. Allan M. Wilson Des Plaines, IL 60016-4255 I understand that one of your crew comes from Niles, IL. Des Plaines and Niles are/this close.

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:59:

I know that you must be so incredibly busy. In reading the posts, it seems that everyone is asking for something. I hate to be another person asking, but were you able to forward our phone numbers to Pete Bucher? To refresh your memory, he and my father were friends. Buddies. Pete (if we were to call him by his first name in front of my father, there isn't any telling what the outcome would be for us) had experessed an interest in getting in contact with us again. My one eight-year-old nephew, Jagger, looks just like my dad. Same attitude, too. We want to sell our home near the beach in San Diego and moving back to Poway where we all lived until each of us married. My dad was a Frogman and UDT specialist. He joked that the SEALS were wimps because they had their equipment made for them. The Frogs had to make their own equipment. He last worked at Coronado, all the while we lived in Poway. My dad had a couple of nicknames. One was "No Neck" and sometimes just Harry. His IQ was superior. He was very particular about who he called friend. I just wanted to you to see the kind of man he was and why the two were destined to be friends. He only lifted his glass with the best. Thank you for your time. Warmest regards, Lori Foss DeVault

Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:19:03

I was assigned to a Nike Hercules air defense battery at Chun Chon South Korea when this happened. I was on duty the night this happened as senior radar operator. I was enraged that we weren’t allowed to shoot down the MIGs that were helping to cover the capture of the Pueblo. I sat and fumed as my target tracking operators locked on and tracked the jets providing air cover. I was ashamed that our government did nothing to assist you. Ssgt Gary E. Miller U. S. Army Retired

Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 15:41:27

Dear Sir: Have not heard about CDR. Bucher in sometime, is he A-OK? Allan MacArthur Wilson Des Plaines, IL 60016-4255 `Formerly of USS Kretchmer [DER-329) my ship was in Yokosuka, Japan on Sunday 23 JAN 1968.

Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:07:04 –

Hello! I believe my father, Commander Ellis E Lee, was one of the officers who asisted in the debriefing of the Pueblo people after their release. He is now dead and his six children are trying to retrace his military history. If anyone has any information for us, we would certainly appreciate it. He was given an award, which hung in our home for quite some time, until his death in 1911[??]. Then our mother moved to my home in Vancouver, WA and it stayed in her room until her death in Dec of 2001. My son, who lives in San Francisco, has it now and I don't have it in front of me to verify what it said but I could get that. His children and grandchildren would be appreciative. Thank you! Sherry Anderson Vancouver, WA

Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:11:06

Sir: I am the nephew of P.P Garcia, one of your crewmembers. As part of my master's degree curriculum, I've taken on a study of the Pueblo's capture, having been stunned and intrigued by the ordeal since childhood. What I am trying to determine is what action if any, besides Operation Red Fox, did the United States initiate to gain earlier repatriation of the crew. During this period in our military history, special operations was a relatively new concept in that it didn't have a formalized doctrine. Moreover, Army Special Forces was just beginning to earn its acceptance among the conventional military community for their work in Vietnam. I suspect that perhaps a special operation, using special operations personnel, may have been entertained but rejected by top military/government officials but I have no credible information to develop. If you have information or can direct me to any individual or agency who can provide me direction or clues where at least I can dig further, I'd be much obliged. Very Respectfully, Manuel C. Diwa Major, U.S. Army Department of Defense Analysis/Special Operations-Low Intensity Conflict Studies Naval Post Graduate School Monterey, California

Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 23:54:11

Hello, I was at Osan AB in Korea, when the Pueblo was seized. I was a Communications Tech at the time. Our Tech Control had to enable communications with the U.S.S. Enterprise, and the only way we could set up the Comm link was by having the Enterprise position itself so that it could receive off the back of our antennas. Have a good life, and thank you. Michael J. Tobin

Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:33:02

I was on board the USS Samuel Gompers AD37, Jan 67 until Jun 68. The USS Pueblo was in Bremerton, Wa I believe the at same time that the Gompers was in 1967 My question is this, I believe that it was either Dec 67 or early Jan 68 that the Gompers had a rendezvous with the Pueblo at see to take off an injured sailor, am I correct or maybe some other ship that we dealt with. SSG Boicourt WY ARNG

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:019

Hello. My cousin Dale Alexander is believed to have been a commander on the Pueblo's "sister ship" at the time of capture and barely escaped. I am trying to learn the name of his ship. In a brief memoir he did not mention the incident.. Thank you any help you help can give me. Thank you, Connie Street

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:56:31 EDT

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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:23:11 EDT

Sir, A brief comment on your most interesting web page: The Captain of the LIBERTY received the Medal of Honor--a military decoration. The Congressional Medal of Honor is a medal struck by Congress for distinguished individuals; those who received that award include Charles Lindbergh, Admiral H.G. Rickover, William (Billy) Mitchell, and Jonas Salk. Also, the presentation of the Medal of Honor to the LIBERTY's CO was highly publicized: Theer was massive attendance at the ceremony in the Washington Navy Yard and photos appeared the following day on page 1 of THE WASHINGTON POST and THE NEW YORK TIMES.

Yours sincerely, Norman Polmar Naval Historian

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:14:37

Hello, I remember seeing the incident unfold from the Main Navy Communications Center in Washington DC - no longer there. Much of the information is now in the Public Records office but I can only tell you from a personal view that the incident caused many hours of hard work - but well worth it. We had changed from a 2-2-2-80 watch system to a 3-3-3-32 system to cope with the mountain of traffic. I suppose the worst part of it was the long wait while the crew were in prison in North Korea and while the US tried to get them released. The traffic slowed down quite a bit but we all thought of you and hoped yuou would return home and to your families sooner rather than later. As a result of what the watch standers did, we earned a MUC. The better reward was when we heard you were released. It's a memory. Please e-mail back. I might remember more.

Kind Regards J. Brock (RM2) Formerly of: Main Navy Communications Centre 16th and Constitution Avenue Washington DC

Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:24:35 -0700

From one of your web pages:

http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/aftermath/play.html

A television movie based upon the play was produced starring Hal Holbrooke.

There is no "E" in Hal Holbrook's name.

Stephen Storer

Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:35:21 -0700

http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/aftermath/pueblotourist.html

This page has an image with this "caption:

USS Pueblo in Wonson Harbor in 1994

Extracted from David Franken's Home Page.

http://www.ozemail.com.au/%7Edavidf/homepage/index.html

(this link in not "live" on the page)

There is nothing on the Franken page that relates to the Pueblo as far as I

can see.

Stephen Storer

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 10:37:54 -0700

Lot of typographic errors in the redacting of the Buchwald article, here:

http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/coi/cibuchwald.html

In fact, there are a lot of typographic and other glaring errors all over

the entire site. You guys need a better proof reader/editor.

Stephen Storer

Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:15:23 -0500

Hello, My name is Johnny Bennett and I was in Co. A 1st Batt. 38th Inf. at Camp Liberty Bell when the Pueblo crew was released. I acquired these four pictures and if you would like them for your website you are welcome to use them.

Sincerely Johnny Bennett