"KØHB" wrote in message
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: ... almost a decade before the Lloyd Bucher shamefully struck his
: colors to the Koreans..

Shameful is in the eye of the beholder. Captain Bucher was not punished for
surrendering, just as the US didn't punish the Jews who attacked his
sister-ship, USS Liberty on a similar mission. Probably because then the
Navy would have needed to punish those who sent those ships in harms way
without proper means to defend themselves, and further because when Pueblo
signalled for help other forces in the area (7th Fleet, CINCPAC, 5th AF at
Fuchu/Kadena/Clark, etc.) engaged in a messy cluster-**** deciding whether
and who should send air assets to cover his retreat. Enough shame to go
around!

M.A.N.
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"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord,
make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it."
- Voltaire