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Germane information.(Letter to the editor)

The New American

| June 09, 2008 | Slater, Doug | COPYRIGHT 2008 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The May 12 article "The Story of the Pueblo" should have provided more information about the events leading up to the capture of the ship.

For example, before leaving port, the Naval commander asked Pueblo's Commanding Officer Bucher if there was anything he needed. Bucher asked for a means to destroy, if needed, the cryptographic equipment and also that he would like someone "qualified" to operate the .50-caliber guns as the only Gunners Mate (3rd class) assigned to the ship had no experience with the weapon. The admiral told Bucher to either take the ship out or be relieved of duty.

When an Air Force general at Okinawa learned of the Pueblo's problems, he was in the process of scrambling a fighter wing but was told by no less than Robert McNamara to stand down. In spite ...

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