Karl, Glenn A., 257
Katzenbach, Nicholas, 4, 229, 253–54, 255–56, 259–61, 308
Kell, Chief Petty Officer Jim, 188, 189, 192, 194–95, 205, 206, 213, 218, 219, 313–15
Kennedy, Henry H., Jr., 379
Kennedy, John F., 105, 158
Kennedy, Robert F., 224, 253
Keys, Captain James E., 294–95, 299, 326
Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, 107, 113
Killion, Dalton V., 258
Kilpatrick, James J., 281
Kim Ch’ang Bong, North Korean Defense Minister, 178
Kim Il Sung, 55, 56, 87, 93, 107, 109–10, 113–15, 118, 128, 152–55, 161, 163, 168, 170–72, 174, 176–78, 203–4, 226, 229, 233, 239, 241, 256, 341
Kim Jong-un, 4, 376
Kim Shin-jo, Second Lieutenant, 55, 57
Kim Song-eun, South Korean Defense Minister, 171, 172, 200
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 188–89, 197
King Kong (North Korean duty officer), 208–9
Kisler, CT Earl, 216, 219, 236, 283
Kissinger, Henry, 340
Kofoed, Jack, 304
Komar-class guided missile patrol boats, 114
Korean Central News Agency, 146
Korean Task Force, 127–29, 157
Korean War, 3, 17, 22, 36, 55, 89, 100, 106, 113, 115, 117, 134, 152–55, 159, 163, 191, 192, 200, 241, 246, 261, 292, 366, 369
Korean Workers’ Party, 203
Kosygin, Aleksey, 118, 166, 177
Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, 124
Kuril islands, 2
Kuznetsov, Vasily, 228–29
KW-7 code machine, 40–41, 319–21
KWR-37 code machine, 319–21
Kyushu island, 44, 45, 50, 221
Lacy, Chief Engineer Gene, 12, 15–17, 23, 54, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 70–72, 76, 92, 123, 209, 216, 219, 269, 273, 298, 323, 349, 357–58
Laird, Melvin, 303, 305
Langenberg, CT Peter, 20, 21, 24, 76–77, 186, 193, 323
Laos, 201
Law, Quartermaster Charles, 33, 45, 49–50, 52, 60–62, 67, 68, 190, 194, 205, 208, 210, 215, 217–19, 221, 236, 244, 245, 247–50, 265, 268, 283, 313, 323–24, 328, 329, 349, 356, 358
Lawrence, James, 287
Layton, Jim, 67, 68
Lee, Captain Kent, 78, 165–66
Lee, Richard C., 303
Leonard, Eleanor, 260
Leonard, James, 256, 260
Lerner, Max, 302
Lewis, Cook Harry, 51, 181, 193, 328
Little Iodine (North Korean nurse), 190, 216
Lockheed, 114
“Lonely Bull, The,” 16, 21, 44, 277, 297
Los Angeles Times, 288, 303
Major Rectum (North Korean officer), 263
Mao Zedong, 152
Mariana islands, 30
Martin, Lionel, 221–23
Marx, Karl, 192, 210
Massie, Machinist’s Mate William T., 377–79
Mavroules, Nicholas, 369–70, 372
Max (North Korean translator), 85, 87, 88, 96
Mayang-do, North Korea, 48, 53
McCarthy, Eugene, 224
McClarren, CT Don, 75, 286, 377, 379
McClintock, CT Ralph, 222, 265, 268–69
McGonagle, Captain William, 14
McKee, Lieutenant General Seth, 79–81, 89, 110–11, 346–47
McNamara, Robert, 105–6, 110–12, 115, 116, 125, 126, 162, 166–67
Medal of Honor, 338
Meeker, Leonard, 111
Meredith, James, 253
Miami Herald, 304
Midway Island, 275
MiG fighters, 1, 4–5, 54, 64, 66, 68, 78, 81, 90, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 128, 153, 298, 300, 339
Military Armistice Commission (MAC), 158, 159, 257
Milwaukee Sentinel, 109
Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, 276–77
Mister Roberts (movie), 91
Mitchell, Fireman John, 185, 219, 367
Mitchell, General Billy, 290
Miyamoto, Kenji, 258
Montgomery, Sonny, 368
Moorer, Admiral Thomas, 13, 282, 294, 303, 305, 306, 342, 344, 351
Mukho, South Korea, 128
Mullin, John, 24, 25
Mundt, Karl, 126
Munpyong Ni, North Korea, 128
Murphy, Lieutenant Edward R., Jr., 15, 23, 26–28, 33, 39, 41, 42, 46–47, 53, 62, 63, 65, 68–69, 71, 72, 98, 146, 179, 181, 190, 209, 212, 213, 217, 219, 221, 229, 240–41, 243, 245, 264, 265, 269, 273, 279, 282, 286, 298, 306, 328–31, 348–51, 356–57, 367
Najin, North Korea, 204
Napoleonic Wars, 126
National Security Agency (NSA), 9–10, 31, 38, 47, 63, 198, 285, 286, 307, 316–21, 340, 342–45
National Security Council, 303 Committee of, 307–8, 342
Naval Amphibious School, Coronado Island, 291
Naval History magazine, 364–65
Naval Intelligence Command, 285
Naval Investigative Service, 122–23, 198, 296
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 355, 356
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, 36
Naval Security Group, 10, 38, 286, 316
Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, 11, 30, 122
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC), 155, 157, 158
New York Daily News, 109
New York Post, 304
New York Times, The, 163, 233, 245, 256, 281, 305, 358
Newsome, William, 289–91, 296, 299, 301–3, 325, 328, 336, 347, 350, 357
Newsweek magazine, 219, 316
Nike-Hercules missile sites, 125
Nitze, Paul, 308
Nixon, Richard M., 225, 261, 305, 339–41, 351, 352
Noland, Bruce, 257–59
North Korea, 31, 32, 37
attacks on South Korean fishing boats, 309
China and, 118, 153
coastal defenses of, 47
DMZ (demilitarized zone), 42, 57, 58, 107, 114, 126, 128, 129, 154, 155, 159, 171, 226, 309
“electronic order of battle,” 40
ex-Pueblo sailors suit against, 377–79
fishing industry in, 255–56
guerrilla attack on Seoul, 55–58
hatred of America, 152
infiltration of South Korea, 55–58, 80, 110, 115, 128, 153–54, 156, 157, 165, 167, 170–72, 174, 198–99, 225, 226, 255, 309, 311
MiG fighters of, 1, 4–5, 54, 64, 66, 68, 78, 81, 90, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 128, 153, 298, 300, 339
nuclear weapons and, 4, 374–76
on red alert, 151–52
seizure of USS Pueblo (see USS Pueblo)
shoot-down of EC-121 reconnaissance plane, 339–41
Soviet Union and, 152, 153, 177–78, 204, 340
twentieth anniversary as nation, 233
U.S. forces buildup and, 125, 166
North Korean Army Chorus, 240
North Korean 124th Army Unit, 55–57
O’Bannon, Fireman Michael, 187
Odd Job (North Korean colonel), 244, 247–50, 266, 267, 283
Okinawa, 81, 110, 112, 114, 202, 293, 306, 346, 347
Operation Clickbeetle, 3, 10, 30, 31
Operation Sea Dragon, 116
Osan Air Base, South Korea, 80, 81, 89–91, 111, 124, 347
Ottinger, Richard, 303
Pak Chung Kuk, Major General, 155–60, 198, 228, 230–35, 254, 261, 262, 265–68
Panama, 169
Panmunjom, secret negotiations at, 155–62, 168, 170, 172, 174, 177, 178, 189, 198, 199, 212, 218, 225, 227–29, 231–35, 253–55, 257–62
Parade mag
azine, 327
Park Chung Hee, President, 55, 57, 115, 120, 128, 156, 157, 162–65, 168–77, 196–203, 225–27, 230, 232, 234, 240, 255, 340
PCE 56 (South Korean patrol boat), 309, 310, 312, 343
Pearl Harbor, 22, 23, 290, 293
Peppard, CT Donald, 216, 219, 314
Petropavlovsk, Russia, 1–2
Philippines, 37
Phoenix Gazette, 304
Pihos, Pete, 35
Pike, Otis, 341–45, 347
Playboy magazine, 237
Plucker, Quartermaster Alvin, 374
Poland, 155
Pope, Barbara, 372
Porter, William, 156–58, 160, 162, 167, 168–69, 200, 227, 232, 234, 235, 256, 275, 340
Possum (North Korean room daddy), 191, 192, 210, 250–51, 283
Pratt, Rear Admiral Richard, 293, 329, 331–32, 350
Presidential elections
1964, 105, 107
1968, 224, 261
Prisoner of War Medal, 366–72
Pueblo, Colorado, 337–38, 374–75
Puget Sound, 12
Pyongyang, North Korea, 92–93, 151, 178, 373
Raborn, Admiral William, 288
Ravens, 2
Rawlings, Bob, 375
RB-29 reconnaissance aircraft, 1
RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft, 309, 312, 343
RC-135 spy plane, 4–5
Reagan, Ronald, 225, 278, 369
Reuther, Walter, 191
Richardson, Bill, 375
Rigby, Ship’s Storekeeper Dale, 181, 183, 210
Ritter, CT David, 259
Ritter, Elizabeth and Caspar, 259–60
Rivers, Mendel, 340
Robot (North Korean room daddy), 190–91, 219, 221–23, 243, 282
Rodman, Dennis, 376
Rooney, Mickey, 35
Rosales, Seaman Ramon, 217, 244, 328–29
Rosenberg, Admiral Edwin, 273–75, 290
Rostow, Walt, 105, 108, 119, 156, 275, 308
Rusk, Dean, 105, 106, 112, 113, 116, 160, 181, 228–29, 253, 260, 281
Russell, Richard, 281–82
Russell, Seaman Stu, 145, 194, 206, 208, 215–16, 240, 241, 286, 367, 371
Ryan, General John, 346
Sabatini, Rafael, 35
Sachon River, 261
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 281
Salisbury, Harrison, 257
San Diego naval base, 14–15, 18–19
San Diego Union, 282, 371
Sasebo naval base, Japan, 44–46, 48, 77, 78
Saturday Evening Post, 301
Scar (North Korean colonel), 85–87, 146–48
Scarborough, Engineman William, 328
Schumacher, Ensign F. Carl “Skip,” 7–8, 15–17, 19–21, 28, 33, 39, 42, 44, 51–54, 61–63, 65, 66, 70, 71, 76, 77, 92, 93, 98, 137–38, 145, 146, 148, 186–88, 190, 209, 212, 215, 237, 248, 264, 269, 273, 279, 283, 284, 313, 323, 349, 356, 362, 366, 370
Sea of Japan, 1, 2, 5, 8, 30, 32, 41, 50, 53, 59, 106, 108, 113, 124, 166, 307, 308, 339, 341
Second in Command (Murphy), 357
Senate Armed Services Committee, 167, 215, 282
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 126
Seoul, South Korea, 55–57
Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S. Grant, 81, 166, 307, 342, 344–47
Sheck, Eugene, 343–44
Shepard, CT Jim, 216
Shingleton, Seaman John, 206
Siberia, 2
Sidey, Hugh, 121
Silver Lips (North Korean translator), 147, 180, 188, 243, 247, 249, 356
Sinchon, North Korea, 241–43
Situation report (SITREP), 55, 59, 63, 65
Six-Day War of 1967, 13–14, 200
Slatinshek, Frank, 346, 347
Smith, General Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad,” 158
Smith, Marion, 160–61
Smith, Rear Admiral John Victor, 158–61, 198, 227, 228, 233
Snake (North Korean duty officer), 209
Solomatin, Boris, 321
Songjin, North Korea, 52, 53
South Korea, 42
communist infiltration of, 55–58, 80, 110, 115, 128, 153–54, 156, 157, 165, 167, 170–72, 174, 198–99, 225, 226, 255, 309, 311
covert counterattacks by, 171
DMZ (demilitarized zone), 42, 57, 58, 107, 114, 126, 128, 129, 154, 155, 159, 171, 226, 309
Japan, relations with, 163, 165
Park’s leadership of, 162–65
Pueblo seizure, reaction to, 161–62
troops in Vietnam, 110, 156, 157, 165, 168, 173, 196, 198, 201–2, 227
U.S. force buildup and, 124–25
U.S. military aid to, 157, 163, 164, 168, 171, 177, 200, 202, 203
U.S. troops in, 4, 97, 107, 115, 125, 164, 199, 255, 310
Vance visit to, 169–77
South Korean Air Force, 80–81
South Pacific islands, 7
Soviet Union, 10
airpower, 1, 2, 125
naval operations, 1, 2, 30–32, 37, 48, 124–25, 320
North Korea and, 152, 153, 177–78, 204, 340
Pueblo seizure and, 109–10, 113, 118–19, 177, 228–29, 318, 322
Vietnam War and, 201
Walker spy ring and, 320–22
Spaulding, Captain Raymond, 283–84, 363
Special Operations Department (“SOD hut”), 11, 20 (see also CTs)
Specs (North Korean room daddy), 191
Stalin, Joseph, 152, 192
Staring, Rear Admiral Merlin, 352–53
State, U.S. Department of, 17, 160, 224, 230–34, 256, 259, 262, 266, 307
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 118
Steakley, General Ralph, 342
Sterling, CT Charles, 187
Stethem, Robert, 379
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 35
Strano, CT Angelo, 206, 210, 213, 244
Strategic Air Command, 107–8
Stratton, Samuel, 305
Strickland, Fireman Larry, 328
Stryker, Lieutenant Phil, 123
Styx missiles, 128
Subic Bay naval base, Philippines, 37, 361
Super C, later Glorious General (North Korean Lieutenant General), 100–1, 130, 134–37, 144, 147–49, 180, 187, 188, 192–95, 207, 208, 211, 213, 215, 218–20, 222, 223, 236–39, 241–42, 244–46, 263, 264, 283, 300, 301, 329
Sweden, 155
Sweet Pea (North Korean guard), 194
Sweitzer, Captain Henry, 122
Swerdfeger, Keith, 376
Switzerland, 155
Syria, 200
Taedong River, 93, 373
Taiwan, 119
Taylor, General Maxwell, 125
Tet offensive, 107, 196, 201
Thailand, 201
Thompson, Llewellyn, 110
Thurmond, Strom, 109
Tiemann, Norbert, 338, 339
Time magazine, 121, 244–45, 287, 315, 363
Tokyo Bay, 28
Tractor Driver, The (movie), 182
Tracy, Spencer, 35
Truman, Harry, 109
Tsushima Strait, 44, 50, 307
Tuck, Dunnie “Friar,” 53, 60, 61, 65–66, 193, 241, 324, 377, 379
Tumen River, 52
Turkey, 169
TWA Flight 847, 378
U-2 aircraft, 4
Uh Je-yeon, General, 375
Ung-do, North Korea, 59, 61
Uniform Code of Military Justice, 295
United Nations, 113, 116, 119–20, 128, 283, 341
U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 200
U.S. Armed Forces Radio
, 244
U.S. Eighth Army, 160
U.S. 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, 81, 347
U.S. Fifth Air Force, 79, 89, 310, 346
U.S. Mine Flotilla One, 361
U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, 271, 279
U.S. Pacific Fleet, 275
U.S. 2nd Armored Division, 227–28
U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, 56, 154
U.S. Seventh Fleet, 310, 345
U.S. Submarine Flotilla Seven, 37–38, 122
USS Banner, 10, 22, 30–32, 36, 39, 62, 65, 79, 99, 252, 307, 308, 310, 311, 314
USS Besugo, 37, 278
USS Birmingham, 293
USS Chesapeake, 126
USS Coral Sea, 78
USS Enterprise, 77–79, 81, 108, 113, 116, 117, 124, 125, 129, 165–66, 168, 310, 341, 342, 345–47, 352, 365
USS Forrestal, 352
USS Gar, 293
USS George Washington, 3
USS Liberty, 13–14, 39
USS Maddox, 292
USS Maine, 290
USS Mount McKinley, 36
USS Mullany, 307
USS New Jersey, 341
USS Ozbourn, 116, 117
USS Princeton, 293
USS Pueblo
American reaction to seizure of, 105–16, 119–21, 125–29, 156, 159, 166–67, 175, 181, 197–98, 212, 224–25, 230, 232, 234, 255, 257–61, 281, 290–91, 339
apology issue, 229–34, 254, 259–61, 266, 267, 281
appearance of, 7, 11
arrival in Wonsan of, 87
attempts by North Koreans to recruit crew, 240–41
civilian oceanographers on, 41, 53–54, 60, 61, 138
commander of (see Bucher, Commander Lloyd Mark “Pete”)
commissioning ceremony of, 8
“confessions” of crew, 99–101, 103–4, 106, 120, 124, 133, 136, 237, 246, 250–52
court of inquiry and, 212–13, 274–76, 285, 289–302, 305–8, 310–15, 323–25, 327–37, 339, 342, 347–51, 353–54, 357, 358, 362, 368
crew wounded in seizure, 74, 76, 85, 86, 183
daily rhythm on, 51
deicing of, 52, 60
destruction system of, 13, 14, 41, 297
emergency destruction attempts by crew, 67, 69–76, 125, 273, 298–99, 311, 313–18, 330–33, 348
escape schemes of crew, 186–87, 216–17, 244, 249
experience of crew, 15
fights amongst crew, 206, 264
food in captivity, 94, 98, 99, 139, 144–46, 180, 181, 184, 188–90, 216, 218, 236, 240–41, 244, 263
health of crew, 181, 183–84, 189, 190, 205, 208, 211, 217–19, 236, 244, 282, 283, 286, 291, 355–56, 360
Hell Week for crew, 247–52, 272, 283, 356
hygiene on, 24
intelligence debriefing of crew, 271, 285–86
interrogations of Bucher and crew, 95–100, 134–36, 144, 238
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