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Act of war : Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the capture of the spy ship Pueblo

Cheevers, Jack

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\"In 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission: to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Packed with advanced electronic-surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, the USS Pueblo was poorly armed and lacked backup by air or sea. Its crew, led by a charismatic, hard-drinking ex-submarine officer named Pete Bucher, was made up mostly of untested sailors in their teens and twenties. On a frigid January morning while eavesdropping near the port of Wonsan, the Pueblo was challenged by a North Korean gunboat. When Bucher tried to escape, his ship was quickly surrounded by more patrol boats, shelled and machine-gunned, and forced to surrender. One American was killed and ten wounded, and Bucher and his young crew were taken prisoner by one of the world's most aggressive and erratic totalitarian regimes.

• Publisher: NAL Caliber
• Subject: Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973. / Pueblo Incident, 1968. / Korea (North) Foreign relations United States. / United States Foreign relations Korea (North)
• ISBN: 0451466209, 9780451466204

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