Once again a enemy was underestimated, and with the US unprepared for what a God-less malicious deceptive military government would inevitably do. While the severely tortured men were released after 11 months, the ship remains in enemy hands,
From the article, Pueblo remains the second-oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, behind USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"). Pueblo is one of only a few American ships to have been captured since the wars in Tripoli.
“Air cover was promised but never arrived. The Fifth Air Force had no aircraft on strip alert, and estimated a two to three-hour delay in launching aircraft.”
Always caught with our pants down.
I guess I never understood this act of war and no response.
Happened under LBJ, Democrat. Typical cowardly Democrat.
My wife watched the original Manchurian Candidate for the first time, and now says she understands why the government is so effed-up.
Nothing has changed!
Sigint / Photint / Elint devices of all kinds, including ships, need to self-destruct if necessary.
And maybe these triggers need to be remote, for instance on low-frequency worldwide bands or by satellite, if necessary.
We’ve seen this over and over again, as many Freepers know well.
It is better to lose a boat, a plane, or even a pilot from time to time than... Well, you know.
Democrats-When air support is needed yet denied and you let your heroes burn, die, or be taken prisoner, you can count on them.
“From the article, Pueblo remains the second-oldest commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy, behind USS Constitution (”Old Ironsides”)”
I believe that the USCGC Eagle was put into service three years earlier (’42 vs ‘45) and the Eagle is active. I saw her sail into Seattle about eight years ago.
Quite a sight to behold!
I apologize for leaving off the link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)
BTW, we stole her from Germany during WWII!
Should’a nuked Pyongyang then...
“Previously secret documents suggest the Soviets were surprised by the Pueblo incident, first learning of it in the press...?”
Gee...Just like Barky?
Sailors in the US Navy are just as much warriors as any Marine or Army grunt. I don't understand why they gave up without a fight. So what if they strayed into Iranian waters, they signed up to give all. What's happened to my Navy?
It should be logical that a nation’s warships should be armed and ready to fight at all times. Our Navy seems to have a problem in this regard.
Just find it weird that something that happened 50 years ago really only seems like 10 or 15. Getting old really skews time perception.
It had been previously docked on the east coast of North Korea. How were they able to sail it around South Korea--under our satellites and reconnaissance aircraft--without being detected? Or did the Obama administration let them do it?
wonder why we never took out the Pueblo ?
What i don’t understand is, a Marine Air Station was\is at Iwakuni Japan and was less than 500 miles away. Crickets chirped.
Since that picture was taken, the Pueblo has been moved about two miles next to some museum to the “greatness” of the North Korean military. IIRC, it is now in a dry dock to keep the hull from rotting. Looking at Google Earth, for the life of me, I can’t see how they got her to her new location.
Commander Lloyd M. Bucher was psychologically tortured, such as being put through a mock firing squad in an effort to make him confess. Eventually the North Koreans threatened to execute his men in front of him, and Bucher relented and agreed to “confess”.
Father was in Naval Intel at the time and was sent to SOKO for 18 months on incident.
Only thing he said about it was Bucher should of taken his “suicide pill”.