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The story of the Pueblo: in January 1968, North Korea seized the USS Pueblo. The story of the ship's brave crew and how their vessel remains a tourist attraction in Pyongyang should not be forgotten.(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)
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Several years ago, my youngest son and I were watching a program on the History Channel when the program's narrator mentioned the capture of a Naval vessel by Communist North Korea back in 1968.
"That didn't really happen, did it, Dad?" my son asked me. When I replied that it had, he was stunned. "Do you mean to tell me that North Korea seized one of our ships, beat and tortured the crew for most of a year, and we didn't do anything about it?"
I was shocked that my son had never heard of the USS Pueblo before. And embarrassed that the answer to his question was "yes." Somehow, that whole sorry episode had been blotted out ...
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