Jack Cheevers: Act of War

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A-12 reconnaissance jet, 114

Albright, Joseph, 230

Alexander, CT Michael, 216

Allard, Wayne, 375

Alpert, Herb, 16

Aluague, Rizalino, 214

American Journal of Psychiatry , 284

American Legion, 367

Anderson, Admiral George, 167

Armbrister, Trevor, 301–2

Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, 363

Associated Press, 245

Ault, Captain Frank, 78

Ayling, CT Charles, 216

B-52 bombers, 107–8, 112, 166, 227, 259

Bailey, CT Don, 63, 67, 69, 75

Baldridge, Herman “Doc,” 24, 74, 86, 206, 240, 241

Ball Committee, 167, 365

Ball, George, 127, 167

Barbary pirates, 108, 225

Barrett, CT Michael, 286

Batrayev, Boris, 118–19

Bear (North Korean guard), 207, 219, 244, 246, 248, 250, 251, 377, 379

Berens, Helmsman Ron, 68, 216

Berger, Sam, 127–29, 156–57, 166, 169

Bergner, Rear Admiral Allen, 292–93, 298, 301, 349–50

Bishop, Lieutenant Bob, 30–32

Bland, Fireman Howard, 103–4, 130, 250, 367

Block, Captain Pete, 331–32

Blue House raid, 80, 110, 115, 156, 157, 165, 167, 170–72, 174, 309, 311

Bonesteel, General Charles, 80–81, 115, 125, 154, 156, 166, 168, 170, 201, 226, 310, 347

Bonhomme Richard , 287

Boone, Pat, 287

Boorda, Vice Admiral Jeremy M., 370

Borrego Springs, California, 337

Boston Globe , 302

Bowen, Vice Admiral Harold G., Jr., 292, 294, 295, 297–99, 302, 303, 305, 306, 310–13, 325–27, 333, 336, 341, 347, 349–51

Boys Town (movie), 35

Boys Town, Omaha, Nebraska, 35, 338

Breeches Buoy repatriation plan, 271, 285, 305

Brezhnev, Leonid, 178

Bridge of No Return, 261, 265–69

Bringle, Admiral William F., 79, 345

Brinkley, David, 316

British Museum, 376

Brock, Bill, 109

Bucher, Austin, 33, 34

Bucher, Commander Lloyd Mark “Pete”

background of, 9

childhood of, 33–35

children of, 36

CIA psychological assessment of, 123–24

Clark’s briefings to, 31, 32

command of Pueblo ( see USS Pueblo )

“confessions” demanded of, 99–101, 103–4, 106, 120, 124, 133, 136

court-martial issue and, 299, 303, 304, 349–51, 362, 364, 380

court of inquiry and, 212–13, 288, 291, 293–302, 306, 312, 314, 323, 325, 329–37, 339, 347–51, 353–54, 357, 358, 362, 368

death of, 377, 380

education of, 35, 36

enlistment in Navy, 35–36

funeral and burial of, 380

Great Naked Art Heist and, 17–18

in Guam, 361–62

health of, 190, 208, 211, 219, 236, 282, 283, 286, 291, 355–56, 360

jobs after court of inquiry, 358–61

Lacy and, 12, 15, 17, 357–58

as leader, 16, 24, 185, 186, 206, 208, 328, 329, 333, 335, 349

marriage of, 36

Massie and, 378, 379

memoirs of, 356–59

mistreatment in captivity of, 83–89, 93–95, 98, 100–3, 130–32, 145, 214, 247, 249, 250, 272, 301–2

mock execution of, 101, 300–1

Murphy and, 26–28, 41, 47, 69, 212, 356–57

Naval History magazine article and, 364–65

Naval Investigative Service’s background probe of, 122–23

personality of, 8–9, 16, 33, 38

physical appearance of, 8–9, 35, 272, 276, 296, 328, 338

post-release press conference and, 272–73

post-release trips of, 337–39

presail briefings of, 9–11, 42–43

press conferences in captivity and, 130, 145–47, 218, 220–23

Prisoner of War Medal and, 366–72

promotions of, 33, 37

propaganda photographs of, 143–45

Purple Heart awarded to, 286

release and homecoming of, 262–64, 266–69, 270, 272–86

retirement of, 362–64

rumor of suicide of, 225, 230–32

Schumacher and, 15, 17, 21, 188, 212

as submariner, 9, 16, 36–38

suicidal thoughts of, 130–32, 138, 145, 180–81, 250, 301

Bucher, Mark, 277, 326, 337, 366

Bucher, Mary, 33

Bucher, Mike, 277, 326, 337, 366

Bucher: My Story , 356–59

Bucher, Rose Rohling, 36, 135, 145, 212, 213, 231–32, 276, 277, 280, 287, 294, 301, 304, 323, 326, 336–39, 360, 362, 363, 366, 369, 377, 379, 380

Buck, Kathleen A., 368, 369

Bulge, Battle of the, 80

Bureau of Naval Personnel, 38, 360

Bush, George H. W., 371, 372

Bussell, Bosun’s Mate Willie, 193

C-130s, 61, 63

Canales, Yeoman Armando “Army,” 41

Cape Henry, Virginia, 126

Cape Nojima, Japan, 28

Carter, General Marshall, 319, 344

Carter, Jimmy, 169

Cassell, Captain George, 23

Chafee, John, 303, 351–53

Chicago Tribune , 225

Chicca, Marine Sergeant Bob, 42, 54, 60, 72, 74, 141, 210, 215, 313, 348, 371

China, 1, 10, 31–32, 113, 118, 153, 201

Chongjin, North Korea, 52, 106, 339

Christian Science Monitor , 303

Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister, 162, 173, 227, 235, 274–75

CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 95, 106, 110, 123, 134, 135, 168, 198, 226, 285, 316, 342, 345

CINCPACFLT (commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet), 22, 23, 40, 343

Clarey, Admiral Bernard, 351

Clark, General Mark, 167

Clark, Lieutenant Commander Charles, 31–32, 36, 42–43, 62

Clifford, Clark, 115, 167, 177, 225, 227

Clymer, Adam, 119

Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States, 137, 138, 148, 149, 284, 324, 332, 349

Combat Action Ribbon, 369

Combat Information Center School, Glenview, Illinois, 95

Communist Manifesto, The (Marx and Engels), 210

COMNAVFORJAPAN (Commander, Naval Forces, Japan), 39, 40, 48, 55, 307

Copley, Helen, 371

Coronado Island, 289

Court of inquiry, 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

Crowe, Captain William J., Jr., 305

CTs (communication technicians), 11, 12, 20, 21, 40, 46, 52, 53, 54, 60, 69, 71–72, 74, 95, 137, 314–15, 317, 319–20

Cuban Missile Crisis, 4, 109, 112, 119, 167

Cultural Revolution, 153

Cumings, Bruce, 242 n

Czechoslovakia, 155, 204

D-day, 80

Das Kapital (Marx), 192

Decatur, Commodore Stephen, 108, 225, 281

Defense Intelligence Agency, 285, 342, 345

Denham, Captain John, 116–17, 129

Detroit News , 245

Dickens, Charles, 33

Dirksen, Everett, 225

Disabled American Veterans, 367

DMZ (demilitarized zone), 42, 57, 58, 107, 114, 126, 128, 129, 154, 155, 159, 171, 226, 309

Dobrynin, Anatoly, 228–29

Dominican Republic, 169

Dreyfus, Albert, 302

Dunham, John R., 1

Dwyer, Captain Thomas, 42

East China Sea, 32, 77, 308

Easton, Lieutenant Commander Erv, 22

EC-121 reconnaissance plane, 339–41

Egypt, 200

Elgin Marbles, 376

Ellis, Seaman Steve, 207

Engels, Fiedrich, 210

Epes, Admiral Horace, 77–79, 116, 117, 342, 345

Erwin, Commander C. W., 284

F-4 Phantoms, 80, 177, 200, 225

F-86 fighters, 81

F-105 fighters, 76, 81, 82, 84, 89, 91, 110–11, 129, 346, 347

Farragut, David, 287

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), 119, 285, 321, 322

Fee-ture Feel-um (North Korean translator), 182, 185, 221

Fetch (North Korean duty officer), 268

Fifer, Orien, 304, 305

Fishing trawlers, as spy ships, 2–3

Flanagan, Edward J., 35

Flo (North Korean nurse), 190, 216