Word: koreas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ultimately be responsible? Why was an ancient rust bucket like Pueblo chosen for conversion into a spy ship? Why were Bucher's requests for essential gear and weaponry repeatedly turned down? Why, if the Navy lacked the money to equip the ship properly, was Pueblo stationed off North Korea in the first place? Why no air cover? And why did the Navy steadfastly assume that North Korea, which is not a naval power and has no strategic reason for respecting the freedom of the seas, would never attempt to pirate a U.S. spy ship in international waters...
...Dilemma of the Code" [Jan. 3]: While in Korea in 1950, I had rather serious thoughts about my ability, if I were captured, to abide by our Code of Conduct. General Woodward's action has now provided considerable support for my belief that any man can be persuaded to rationalize the placement of his signature on a fallacious document. The enemy need only find the proper stimulus...
...crew's activities, I do not think we have a right to complain about "violence" done to them, except that done by their own government. The length of their imprisonment was apparently determined by the Administration's political qualms about acknowledging the facts and apologizing to North Korea before the November elections...
...wounded in the high-seas hijacking. Last week, too, after Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford demanded an investigation of the ugly tales of beatings inflicted on the Pueblo's men, the Navy permitted two sailors to give a public accounting of terror and torture as prisoners of North Korea...
...hapless prisoners. Although all the men in the picture were tortured, they were elated by their feat. "About everybody in the crew was happier than hell," Law recounted, "because everybody could see what we were trying to do." Making fools of their captors and signaling their view of North Korea's crude propaganda had made the exercise worthwhile...