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Photo # K-67346: Pueblo crewmen are welcomed back to the U.S., 24 Dec. 1968

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USS Pueblo (AGER-2) --
Repatriation of Crew, December 1968 (Part II)


This page features more views related to the repatriation of USS Pueblo's crew.

For other pictures related to the repatriation of Pueblo's crew, see:

  • USS Pueblo -- Repatriation of Crew, December 1968.

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Pueblo (AGER-2, originally AKL-44).

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: K-67365

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Families of the crewmembers of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) await the arrival of a plane bringing the men to Naval Air Station Miramar, California, 24 December 1968, following their release from captivity by the North Korean government. They had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    Photographed by PHC V.O. McColley, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 515 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-67365.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-67346

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Sergeant Robert J. Chicca, U.S. Marine Corps, a USS Pueblo (AGER-2) crewman, greets his wife, Ann Marie, on his arrival at Naval Air Station Miramar, California, 24 December 1968. Pueblo's crew had been released from captivity by the North Korean government on 23 December. They had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    Photographed by PHC V.O. McColley, USN.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 515 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-67346.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: NH 75565

    Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, USN
    ,
    former Commanding Officer of USS Pueblo (AGER-2)

    Receives the Purple Heart medal for injuries he received while he was a prisoner of the North Koreans, in ceremonies held in 1969, shortly after he and his crew were released.
    Pueblo and her crew were captured off Wonsan, North Korea, on 23 January 1968. The crew were released on 23 December 1969.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 63KB; 510 x 765 pixels

     

    For other pictures related to the repatriation of Pueblo's crew, see:

  • USS Pueblo -- Repatriation of Crew, December 1968.

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Pueblo (AGER-2, originally AKL-44).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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