colorado veteran recalls his capture by north korea while on uss pueblo /

DENVER — Commissioned 7 April 1945 the USS Pueblo was designated as a banner course environmental research ship. In reality,the Pueblo was used as a spy ship by the United States Navy. They were eavesdropping on the North Koreans. Alvin Plucker would know this, he was a quartermaster on the Pueblo. “We worked on the bridge and on the pilot house and worked directly under commander Bucher, and ” Plucker said. On 23 January 1968 Plucker’s life changed forever. North Korean […]

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