40 Years After Capture, USS Pueblo Crew Reunites

FOX/AP ^ | September 06, 2008

[nuconvert]

“”I think the crew has always wanted someone in the Navy to stand up and say ‘Hey, you guys did a great job in a poorly conceived mission without any backup,”’ said Skip Schumacher, 65, of St. Louis, a lieutenant junior grade on the ship.”

I wonder if McCain could talk to someone in the Navy to help make this happen?

[stayathomemom]

Thanks for making me feel real old.

[nuconvert]

I was around back then too ;~ )

[exit82]

McCain should demand the USS Pueblo be returned to the United States.

If not, sink it with a cruise missile and give it an honorable end.

That it is a propaganda museum for Lil Kim is a disgrace.

[kempster]

My Gosh, I was stationed at Osan Air Force Base the day they took the Pueblo. They pulled us out of the base bowling alley to go on alert. From that point on our tour took on a whole different outlook and seriousness.

We waited for LBJ to give the order to get that ship back but it never came.

The rest is history.

[Locomotive Breath]

The capture of the Pueblo was an intelligence bonanza for the Soviets.

[NCC-1701]

I always wonder what would become of the Pueblos if, for some reason, she is returned to the USA. Would she become a museum, or would she be consigned to a scrap yard so the Navy doesn’t have to be reminded of the whole sordid story. I would hope it’s the former. I’d love to see her. Perhaps the remaing crewmembers would like to walk her decks again.

I believe this is the first re-union since CDR Lloyd Bucher died. I may be wrong about that, though.

[supercat]

Too bad the crypto gear was so solidly built. I wonder if the military has learned from that?

[paddles]

You can find it pretty easily on Google Earth. It’s amazing how small that ship really is, and makes you wonder what buffoon put it so far out there on it’s own 40 years ago.

[Wiseghy]

My understanding is that N. Korea keeps her in excellent shape, though she is desecrated with propaganda signs.

Grade schoolers do mandatory tours of the ship.

[Parley Baer]

I was aboard the USS Enterprise as the time. We left Sasebo Japan with orders to head for Korea which we did. I worked on the flight deck and I can tell you it was cold. I had to cut the arms off a sweater and put over my head to keep warm. We all stood around the exhaust of the APU’s to keep warm when not working.

[sgtyork]

And Richardson went on a tour of it when he was in North Korea. What an unpatriotic PUTZ.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/04/09/richardson_tours_captured_us_warship/

[kjenerette]

http://www.koreanwar.org/html/dmz_war.html

[kjenerette]

http://www.jenerette.com/dmz/

[mkjessup]

And how appropriate, that the North Korean Commies are reassembling their nuclear facilities, demonstrating once again that our illustrious President has been played for a sucker by negotiating with these sumb!tches. And Kim Jong Il is definitely looking forward to more goodies coming his way should an Obama Administration be sworn in next January.

Those clowns in Pyongyang have been laughing their asses off at us for decades, it's time to wipe that smirk off their faces with a major smackdown. Give them 48 hours to tow the Pueblo to international waters where the U.S. Navy will take possession, or we'll sink her on the spot where she's anchored.

[exit82]

Man, I had forgotten that. That SOB. He knew what he was doing—and there is no excuse for it.

[Redbob]

I remember this, and thinking at the time, “How could we let this happen?
Is THIS how we support our military?”

It certainly affected my decision to wait out the draft, the only lottery I ever won.

But it is inexcusable that we allow NK to keep the Pueblo.
Sounds like sinking her is a job for a S.E.A.L. team to me...

[ladyjane]

I wonder if McCain could talk to someone in the Navy to help make this happen?

You're kidding, right?

Are you familiar with McCain's history about MIAs and POWs?

[MissouriConservative]

They were captured a year before I was born....lol