{"id":42,"date":"2024-05-18T16:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T16:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2024-05-18T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T16:35:48","slug":"pueblo-incident-capture-of-the-uss-pueblo-a-navy-intelligence-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1968yr.com\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"Pueblo Incident, capture of the USS \u201cPueblo,\u201d a Navy\u00a0intelligence\u00a0ship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

January 23, Pueblo Incident, capture of the USS \u201cPueblo<\/a>,\u201d a Navy\u00a0intelligence<\/a>\u00a0ship, and its 83 crewmen by North Korean patrol boats off the coast of\u00a0North Korea<\/a>\u00a0on January 23, 1968. The\u00a0United States<\/a>, maintaining that the \u201cPueblo\u201d had been in international waters, began a military buildup in the area. It also initiated negotiations that resulted in an agreement that secured the release of the 82 surviving crewmen (one died from\u00a0wounds<\/a>\u00a0suffered during the capture) on December 23, 1968. The agreement allowed the United States to publicly disavow the confession the crew had signed, admitting the ship\u2019s intrusion, apologizing, pledging to cease all future action, and acknowledging the truth of confessions obtained during captivity. A naval inquiry into these confessions and the actions of Comdr.\u00a0Lloyd M. Bucher produced no apparent disciplinary action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n