Jack Cheevers - Act of War

North Korea and, 152, 153, 177–78, 204, 340

Pueblo seizure and, 109–10, 113, 118–19, 177, 228–29, 318, 322

Vietnam War and, 201

Walker spy ring and, 320–22

Spaulding, Captain Raymond, 283–84, 363

Special Operations Department (“SOD hut”), 11, 20 ( see also CTs)

Specs (North Korean room daddy), 191

Stalin, Joseph, 152, 192

Staring, Rear Admiral Merlin, 352–53

State, U.S. Department of, 17, 160, 224, 230–34, 256, 259, 262, 266, 307

Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 118

Steakley, General Ralph, 342

Sterling, CT Charles, 187

Stethem, Robert, 379

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 35

Strano, CT Angelo, 206, 210, 213, 244

Strategic Air Command, 107–8

Stratton, Samuel, 305

Strickland, Fireman Larry, 328

Stryker, Lieutenant Phil, 123

Styx missiles, 128

Subic Bay naval base, Philippines, 37, 361

Super C, later Glorious General (North Korean Lieutenant General), 100–1, 130, 134–37, 144, 147–49, 180, 187, 188, 192–95, 207, 208, 211, 213, 215, 218–20, 222, 223, 236–39, 241–42, 244–46, 263, 264, 283, 300, 301, 329

Sweden, 155

Sweet Pea (North Korean guard), 194

Sweitzer, Captain Henry, 122

Swerdfeger, Keith, 376

Switzerland, 155

Syria, 200

Taedong River, 93, 373

Taiwan, 119

Taylor, General Maxwell, 125

Tet offensive, 107, 196, 201

Thailand, 201

Thompson, Llewellyn, 110

Thurmond, Strom, 109

Tiemann, Norbert, 338, 339

Time magazine, 121, 244–45, 287, 315, 363

Tokyo Bay, 28

Tractor Driver, The (movie), 182

Tracy, Spencer, 35

Truman, Harry, 109

Tsushima Strait, 44, 50, 307

Tuck, Dunnie “Friar,” 53, 60, 61, 65–66, 193, 241, 324, 377, 379

Tumen River, 52

Turkey, 169

TWA Flight 847, 378

U-2 aircraft, 4

Uh Je-yeon, General, 375

Ung-do, North Korea, 59, 61

Uniform Code of Military Justice, 295

United Nations, 113, 116, 119–20, 128, 283, 341

U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 200

U.S. Armed Forces Radio, 244

U.S. Eighth Army, 160

U.S. 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, 81, 347

U.S. Fifth Air Force, 79, 89, 310, 346

U.S. Mine Flotilla One, 361

U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, 271, 279

U.S. Pacific Fleet, 275

U.S. 2nd Armored Division, 227–28

U.S. 2nd Infantry Division, 56, 154

U.S. Seventh Fleet, 310, 345

U.S. Submarine Flotilla Seven, 37–38, 122

USS Banner , 10, 22, 30–32, 36, 39, 62, 65, 79, 99, 252, 307, 308, 310, 311, 314

USS Besugo , 37, 278

USS Birmingham , 293

USS Chesapeake , 126

USS Coral Sea , 78

USS Enterprise , 77–79, 81, 108, 113, 116, 117, 124, 125, 129, 165–66, 168, 310, 341, 342, 345–47, 352, 365

USS Forrestal , 352

USS Gar , 293

USS George Washington , 3

USS Liberty , 13–14, 39

USS Maddox , 292

USS Maine , 290

USS Mount McKinley , 36

USS Mullany , 307

USS New Jersey , 341

USS Ozbourn , 116, 117

USS Princeton , 293

USS Pueblo

American reaction to seizure of, 105–16, 119–21, 125–29, 156, 159, 166–67, 175, 181, 197–98, 212, 224–25, 230, 232, 234, 255, 257–61, 281, 290–91, 339

apology issue, 229–34, 254, 259–61, 266, 267, 281

appearance of, 7, 11

arrival in Wonsan of, 87

attempts by North Koreans to recruit crew, 240–41

civilian oceanographers on, 41, 53–54, 60, 61, 138

commander of ( see Bucher, Commander Lloyd Mark “Pete”)

commissioning ceremony of, 8

“confessions” of crew, 99–101, 103–4, 106, 120, 124, 133, 136, 237, 246, 250–52

court of inquiry and, 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

crew wounded in seizure, 74, 76, 85, 86, 183

daily rhythm on, 51

deicing of, 52, 60

destruction system of, 13, 14, 41, 297

emergency destruction attempts by crew, 67, 69–76, 125, 273, 298–99, 311, 313–18, 330–33, 348

escape schemes of crew, 186–87, 216–17, 244, 249

experience of crew, 15

fights amongst crew, 206, 264

food in captivity, 94, 98, 99, 139, 144–46, 180, 181, 184, 188–90, 216, 218, 236, 240–41, 244, 263

health of crew, 181, 183–84, 189, 190, 205, 208, 211, 217–19, 236, 244, 282, 283, 286, 291, 355–56, 360

Hell Week for crew, 247–52, 272, 283, 356

hygiene on, 24

intelligence debriefing of crew, 271, 285–86

interrogations of Bucher and crew, 95–100, 134–36, 144, 238

letter of apology signed by crew, 147–50

letters from home received by crew, 213–14

letters written home by crew, 181–82, 198, 219, 246, 255

location in Wonsan harbor, 114

mistreatment of crew, 83–88, 93–95, 98, 100–4, 130–32, 137–41, 145, 148, 186–88, 194, 206, 207, 214, 215, 218–19, 244, 246–51, 272, 283, 301–2, 327, 377, 379

morale of crew, 211, 213, 236–37, 349

moved from Wonsan, 204

movies shown to crew, 182, 185

North Korean interception and seizure of, 61–77, 83–87, 297–300, 330–35, 348–51, 364

North Korean trawlers investigate, 54–55

off North Korean coast, 52–55, 58

overhaul of, 11–13, 39

“petition for leniency” of crew, 237–38

Pike subcommittee investigation and, 341–47

post-release medical examinations of crew, 273, 282–83

press conferences in captivity and, 130, 145–47, 218, 220–23, 264, 335

prisons holding crew, 93–94, 179–80

propaganda immersion of crew, 190–93, 241–42, 335

psychological assessment of crew, 283–84

purpose of mission of, 3–5, 10, 47–48

radio built by crew, 210, 244

readiness tests and, 14, 19–20

release and homecoming of crew, 261–69, 270, 272–86

repairs and refitting in Sasebo, 48

rescue and assistance plans for, 78–82, 90–92, 108, 116–17, 121, 126, 129, 309–10, 312, 345–47

sea trials of, 12

seasickness of crew, 21, 24, 45, 50, 51

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

secret papers and code machines on, 3, 11, 13, 23, 40–41, 48, 137, 285, 317–20

Sinchon trip of crew, 241–43

size and speed of, 7, 8

SOS sent by, 67–68

sports played by crew, 214–15

steering problem of, 21–22, 24, 29, 39, 296

in storms, 44–46, 50

theme song of, 16, 21, 44, 277, 287

as tourist attraction, 373–74

twentieth anniversary of North Korea and, 364

voyage to Hawaii and, 21–22

voyage to Japan and, 24–29

weapons of, 39–40, 42–43, 48, 50, 67, 297, 298, 311, 329, 330

USS Purdy , 306

USS Ranger , 124, 371–72

USS Ronquil , 135, 326

USS Rowan , 124–25

USS Samuel Gompers , 24–26

USS Thresher , 290

USS West Virginia , 293

USS Yorktown , 124, 125

University of Mississippi, 254

University of Nebraska, 36

Vance, Cyrus R., 169–77, 199, 200, 227

Veterans Administration, 371, 378

Veterans of Foreign Wars, 367

Vietcong, 107, 117, 196, 201

Vietnam War, 11, 13, 80, 89, 105–7, 109–10, 112, 116, 117, 135, 153, 165, 172–73, 196, 197, 199, 201, 213, 226–27, 304, 310, 318–19, 340, 366

Vladivostok, Soviet Union, 1, 31, 37, 124

Wadley, Gunner’s Mate Ken, 329