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Subject: What is the 'Pueblo Incident'?
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 11:55:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 11:55:21 1985
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>> Many have said that "The Enterprise Incident" was based on the 1968 Pueblo
>> Incident.  Could someone out there please explain to me what that was?
>>
>> Feel free to message me if you don't feel this has enough in common
>> with the subject of Star Trek to warrant attention in this newsgroup.
>>
>> 			Jim Campbell
> 
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>   I think the U.S.S. Pueblo was involved in Vietnam in 1968 or something, and
> they went up a river into a country where they had no right to be, and got caught.
> They were supposedly on some kind of spy mission or something, but the U.S.
> government wouldn't admit it.  The country may have been China(?).
> And yes, David Gerrold's books keep mentioning that The Enterprise Incident was
> based on this (does anyone have any info other than my free-associations about
> this)?
>                                     -Ted Ives
>                         philabs!ihnp4!dartvax!tedi

	I can't believe I'm *that* old! (A mere 26!)  The Pueblo was an
American spy ship disguised as some type of non-military ship that was
off the coast of North Korea.  I'm not certain if they were in inter-
national waters or not, but the North Koreans boarded her and captured
the entire crew.  Because the Pueblo was disguised, she had no weapons
to speak of besides sidearms so she surrendered without a fight.  Even
so, I believe there were a few casualties.  The North Koreans kept the
crew prisoner for several months, refusing to release them until the US
admitted to spying.  I believe that the US finally conceded and the crew
was released.


Joe Barone,		{allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5}!rayssd!m1b
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