Survivors of the USS Pueblo are suing North Korea, 50 years after the American spy ship was seized off the Korean Peninsula and its crew held hostage and tortured for 11 months. More than 100 crew ...
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Dec. 23, 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they ...
Jul. 21—Approximately 125 Stillwater residents gathered on Thursday evening at the Sheerar History Museum to watch the premiere screening of a documentary by film director and writer Bill Lowe.
Jul. 11—When the USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean warships and aircraft in international waters on Jan. 23, 1968, Stillwater resident Stu Russell was one of the crew members aboard. One crew ...
Richard Rogala was a 20-year-old mess cook aboard the Navy’s USS Pueblo when he looked out a galley window on Jan. 22, 1968, and saw North Korean boats nearby, watching his ship. The next day, North ...
On January 23, 1968, a small U.S. Navy ship called the Pueblo was seized at sea by North Korean forces. One crew member was dead and 82 others were prisoners, destined to spend 11 months in North ...
JERICHO, Vt. (AP) — Ralph McClintock expected only a three-week mission when he boarded the USS Pueblo in January 1968. Instead, he and his shipmates became pawns in a Cold War sideshow when North ...
INDIANAPOLIS – Larry Marshall’s sister remembers the homecoming parades for her brother when he returned from 11 harrowing months as a captive of the North Korean government. When he died Wednesday, ...
PANMUNJOM, Korea —The 11-month ordeal of 82 crew members of the U.S. Navy electronics ship Pueblo ended in bitter, pre-Christmas cold on the “bridge of no return” this morning. Remembering the USS ...
The crew of the U.S. Navy intelligence ship the USS Pueblo is seen being led into captivity in this photo taken in January 1968 but not made public for 20 years. The Pueblo was seized by North Korean ...