Nov 20, 2014 - Sale 2367

Sale 2367 - Lot 107

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(VIETNAM WAR.) Reproduction of a watercolor depicting the USS Pueblo (AGER-2), Signed by 19 members of its 1968 crew, including the captain and 3 officers. Some signatures in red ink, some include rank. 16x20 inches; matted and framed. Np, nd

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Lloyd Mark "Pete" Bucher Edward R. Murphy Jr. F. Carl Schumacher Don E. Bailey Policarpo Polla "PP" Garcia Donald R. Peppard Robert J. Chicca Donald R. McClarren Paul D. Brusnahan (2) John W. Grant Ralph McClintock Steven J. Robin Richard E. Arnold Robert W. Hill, Jr. Thomas W. Massie John A. Mitchell Richard J. Rogala Ramon Rosales Edward S. "Stu" Russell.
On January 23, 1968, one week prior to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, the USS Pueblo was seized by North Korea and its crew were taken as prisoners of war. Eleven months later, after enduring ill-treatment of various kinds and degrees of intensity, the crew were released.