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Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, 276–77

Mister Roberts (movie), 91

Mitchell, Fireman John, 185, 219, 367

Mitchell, General Billy, 290

Miyamoto, Kenji, 258

Montgomery, Sonny, 368

Moorer, Admiral Thomas, 13, 282, 294, 303, 305, 306, 342, 344, 351

Mukho, South Korea, 128

Mullin, John, 24, 25

Mundt, Karl, 126

Munpyong Ni, North Korea, 128

Murphy, Lieutenant Edward R., Jr., 15, 23, 26–28, 33, 39, 41, 42, 46–47, 53, 62, 63, 65, 68–69, 71, 72, 98, 146, 179, 181, 190, 209, 212, 213, 217, 219, 221, 229, 240–41, 243, 245, 264, 265, 269, 273, 279, 282, 286, 298, 306, 328–31, 348–51, 356–57, 367

Najin, North Korea, 204

Napoleonic Wars, 126

National Security Agency (NSA), 9–10, 31, 38, 47, 63, 198, 285, 286, 307, 316–21, 340, 342–45

National Security Council, 303 Committee of, 307–8, 342

Naval Amphibious School, Coronado Island, 291

Naval History magazine, 364–65

Naval Intelligence Command, 285

Naval Investigative Service, 122–23, 198, 296

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 355, 356

Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, 36

Naval Security Group, 10, 38, 286, 316

Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, 11, 30, 122

Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC), 155, 157, 158

New York Daily News , 109

New York Post , 304

New York Times, The , 163, 233, 245, 256, 281, 305, 358

Newsome, William, 289–91, 296, 299, 301–3, 325, 328, 336, 347, 350, 357

Newsweek magazine, 219, 316

Nike-Hercules missile sites, 125

Nitze, Paul, 308

Nixon, Richard M., 225, 261, 305, 339–41, 351, 352

Noland, Bruce, 257–59

North Korea, 31, 32, 37

attacks on South Korean fishing boats, 309

China and, 118, 153

coastal defenses of, 47

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

“electronic order of battle,” 40

ex- Pueblo sailors suit against, 377–79

fishing industry in, 255–56

guerrilla attack on Seoul, 55–58

hatred of America, 152

infiltration of South Korea, 55–58, 80, 110, 115, 128, 153–54, 156, 157, 165, 167, 170–72, 174, 198–99, 225, 226, 255, 309, 311

MiG fighters of, 1, 4–5, 54, 64, 66, 68, 78, 81, 90, 108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 128, 153, 298, 300, 339

nuclear weapons and, 4, 374–76

on red alert, 151–52

seizure of USS Pueblo ( see USS Pueblo )

shoot-down of EC-121 reconnaissance plane, 339–41

Soviet Union and, 152, 153, 177–78, 204, 340

twentieth anniversary as nation, 233

U.S. forces buildup and, 125, 166

North Korean Army Chorus, 240

North Korean 124th Army Unit, 55–57

O’Bannon, Fireman Michael, 187

Odd Job (North Korean colonel), 244, 247–50, 266, 267, 283

Okinawa, 81, 110, 112, 114, 202, 293, 306, 346, 347

Operation Clickbeetle, 3, 10, 30, 31

Operation Sea Dragon, 116

Osan Air Base, South Korea, 80, 81, 89–91, 111, 124, 347

Ottinger, Richard, 303

Pak Chung Kuk, Major General, 155–60, 198, 228, 230–35, 254, 261, 262, 265–68

Panama, 169

Panmunjom, secret negotiations at, 155–62, 168, 170, 172, 174, 177, 178, 189, 198, 199, 212, 218, 225, 227–29, 231–35, 253–55, 257–62

Parade magazine, 327

Park Chung Hee, President, 55, 57, 115, 120, 128, 156, 157, 162–65, 168–77, 196–203, 225–27, 230, 232, 234, 240, 255, 340

PCE 56 (South Korean patrol boat), 309, 310, 312, 343

Pearl Harbor, 22, 23, 290, 293

Peppard, CT Donald, 216, 219, 314

Petropavlovsk, Russia, 1–2

Philippines, 37

Phoenix Gazette , 304

Pihos, Pete, 35

Pike, Otis, 341–45, 347

Playboy magazine, 237

Plucker, Quartermaster Alvin, 374

Poland, 155

Pope, Barbara, 372

Porter, William, 156–58, 160, 162, 167, 168–69, 200, 227, 232, 234, 235, 256, 275, 340

Possum (North Korean room daddy), 191, 192, 210, 250–51, 283

Pratt, Rear Admiral Richard, 293, 329, 331–32, 350

Presidential elections

1964, 105, 107

1968, 224, 261

Prisoner of War Medal, 366–72

Pueblo, Colorado, 337–38, 374–75

Puget Sound, 12

Pyongyang, North Korea, 92–93, 151, 178, 373

Raborn, Admiral William, 288

Ravens, 2

Rawlings, Bob, 375

RB-29 reconnaissance aircraft, 1

RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft, 309, 312, 343

RC-135 spy plane, 4–5

Reagan, Ronald, 225, 278, 369

Reuther, Walter, 191

Richardson, Bill, 375

Rigby, Ship’s Storekeeper Dale, 181, 183, 210

Ritter, CT David, 259

Ritter, Elizabeth and Caspar, 259–60

Rivers, Mendel, 340

Robot (North Korean room daddy), 190–91, 219, 221–23, 243, 282

Rodman, Dennis, 376

Rooney, Mickey, 35

Rosales, Seaman Ramon, 217, 244, 328–29

Rosenberg, Admiral Edwin, 273–75, 290

Rostow, Walt, 105, 108, 119, 156, 275, 308

Rusk, Dean, 105, 106, 112, 113, 116, 160, 181, 228–29, 253, 260, 281

Russell, Richard, 281–82

Russell, Seaman Stu, 145, 194, 206, 208, 215–16, 240, 241, 286, 367, 371

Ryan, General John, 346

Sabatini, Rafael, 35

Sachon River, 261

St. Louis Globe-Democrat , 281

Salisbury, Harrison, 257

San Diego naval base, 14–15, 18–19

San Diego Union , 282, 371

Sasebo naval base, Japan, 44–46, 48, 77, 78

Saturday Evening Post , 301

Scar (North Korean colonel), 85–87, 146–48

Scarborough, Engineman William, 328

Schumacher, Ensign F. Carl “Skip,” 7–8, 15–17, 19–21, 28, 33, 39, 42, 44, 51–54, 61–63, 65, 66, 70, 71, 76, 77, 92, 93, 98, 137–38, 145, 146, 148, 186–88, 190, 209, 212, 215, 237, 248, 264, 269, 273, 279, 283, 284, 313, 323, 349, 356, 362, 366, 370

Sea of Japan, 1, 2, 5, 8, 30, 32, 41, 50, 53, 59, 106, 108, 113, 124, 166, 307, 308, 339, 341

Second in Command (Murphy), 357

Senate Armed Services Committee, 167, 215, 282

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 126

Seoul, South Korea, 55–57

Sharp, Admiral Ulysses S. Grant, 81, 166, 307, 342, 344–47

Sheck, Eugene, 343–44

Shepard, CT Jim, 216

Shingleton, Seaman John, 206

Siberia, 2

Sidey, Hugh, 121

Silver Lips (North Korean translator), 147, 180, 188, 243, 247, 249, 356

Sinchon, North Korea, 241–43

Situation report (SITREP), 55, 59, 63, 65

Six-Day War of 1967, 13–14, 200

Slatinshek, Frank, 346, 347

Smith, General Holland M. “Howlin’ Mad,” 158

Smith, Marion, 160–61

Smith, Rear Admiral John Victor, 158–61, 198, 227, 228, 233

Snake (North Korean duty officer), 209

Solomatin, Boris, 321

Songjin, North Korea, 52, 53

South Korea, 42

communist infiltration of, 55–58, 80, 110, 115, 128, 153–54, 156, 157, 165, 167, 170–72, 174, 198–99, 225, 226, 255, 309, 311

covert counterattacks by, 171

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

Japan, relations with, 163, 165

Park’s leadership of, 162–65

Pueblo seizure, reaction to, 161–62

troops in Vietnam, 110, 156, 157, 165, 168, 173, 196, 198, 201–2, 227

U.S. force buildup and, 124–25

U.S. military aid to, 157, 163, 164, 168, 171, 177, 200, 202, 203

U.S. troops in, 4, 97, 107, 115, 125, 164, 199, 255, 310

Vance visit to, 169–77

South Korean Air Force, 80–81

South Pacific islands, 7

Soviet Union, 10

airpower, 1, 2, 125

naval operations, 1, 2, 30–32, 37, 48, 124–25, 320