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X-WR-CALDESC:23 January 1968: The North Koreans captured the USS Pueblo. Vi
sit the link at the bottom of the page to view a page of historical papers
regarding the USS Pueblo on the NSA site. You can also learn more about t
he USS Pueblo via the Service & Sacrifice Exhibit in a special sect
ion dedicated to the Pueblo. See the link at the end of the page.\n\nOn Ja
nuary 23\, 1968\, North Korean vessels seized the U.S.S. Pueblo and its cr
ew. Its mission was in response to U.S. Navy tasking. It began an initial
cruise in the Sea of Japan along the coast of North Korea on January 5 tha
t year\, following a track used by the U.S. Banner a year earlier. \n\nThe
Pueblo\, outside North Korean territorial waters about 14 miles off the K
orean coast\, was surrounded by DPRK torpedo boats and a submarine chaser
and was ordered to heave to. An initial escape attempt by the Pueblo was m
et by gunfire in which one crewman\, Fireman Duane Hodges\, was killed and
three wounded. With overwhelming local military force\, the North Koreans
boarded the ship\, capturing the remaining 82 aboard and all the ship’s c
ontents. \n\nAlthough the Pueblo’s crew had made an attempt to destroy the
classified equipment and publications aboard\, the volume of classified m
aterial on board was great and destruction means inadequate. Considerable
amounts of classified material fell into North Korean hands. Hodges was ki
lled as he attempted to destroy classified material. The Pueblo’s crewmen
were imprisoned in the DPRK's capital city\, Pyongyang\, where they endure
d 11 months of torture and harsh treatment before their release on Decembe
r 23\, 1968\, exactly 11 months after the Pueblo's capture. That day\, the
surviving 82 crewmen walked one by one across the 'Bridge of No Return' a
t Panmunjon to freedom in South Korea. They were hailed as heroes and retu
rned home to the United States in time for Christmas.\n\nPictured here is
the Pueblo before capture. The Pueblo is still held as a 'trophy' by North
Korea. She was never decommissioned after this incident.\n
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DESCRIPTION:23 January 1968: The North Koreans captured the USS Pueblo. Vis
it the link at the bottom of the page to view a page of historical papers
regarding the USS Pueblo on the NSA site. You can also learn more about th
e USS Pueblo via the Service & Sacrifice Exhibit in a special secti
on dedicated to the Pueblo. See the link at the end of the page.\n\nOn Jan
uary 23\, 1968\, North Korean vessels seized the U.S.S. Pueblo and its cre
w. Its mission was in response to U.S. Navy tasking. It began an initial c
ruise in the Sea of Japan along the coast of North Korea on January 5 that
year\, following a track used by the U.S. Banner a year earlier. \n\nThe
Pueblo\, outside North Korean territorial waters about 14 miles off the Ko
rean coast\, was surrounded by DPRK torpedo boats and a submarine chaser a
nd was ordered to heave to. An initial escape attempt by the Pueblo was me
t by gunfire in which one crewman\, Fireman Duane Hodges\, was killed and
three wounded. With overwhelming local military force\, the North Koreans
boarded the ship\, capturing the remaining 82 aboard and all the ship’s co
ntents. \n\nAlthough the Pueblo’s crew had made an attempt to destroy the
classified equipment and publications aboard\, the volume of classified ma
terial on board was great and destruction means inadequate. Considerable a
mounts of classified material fell into North Korean hands. Hodges was kil
led as he attempted to destroy classified material. The Pueblo’s crewmen w
ere imprisoned in the DPRK's capital city\, Pyongyang\, where they endured
11 months of torture and harsh treatment before their release on December
23\, 1968\, exactly 11 months after the Pueblo's capture. That day\, the
surviving 82 crewmen walked one by one across the 'Bridge of No Return' at
Panmunjon to freedom in South Korea. They were hailed as heroes and retur
ned home to the United States in time for Christmas.\n\nPictured here is t
he Pueblo before capture. The Pueblo is still held as a 'trophy' by North
Korea. She was never decommissioned after this incident.\n
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SUMMARY:1968: North Koreans captured USS Pueblo.
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