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Photo # K-64711: USS Pueblo crewmen arrive at U.N. Advance Camp just after their release, 23 Dec. 1968

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USS Pueblo (AGER-2) --
Repatriation of Crew, December 1968


This page, and that linked from it, features all the views we have related to the repatriation of USS Pueblo's crew.

For other pictures related to the repatriation of Pueblo's crew, see:

  • USS Pueblo -- Repatriation of Crew, December 1968 (part II).

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Pueblo (AGER-2, originally AKL-44).

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: K-64720

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Representatives of the United States and North Korean governments meet at Panmunjom, Korea, to sign the agreement for the release of Pueblo's crew, 22 December 1968.
    Chief of the U.S. Delegation is Major General Gilbert H. Woodward, U.S. Army, Senior Member, United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (at right).
    USS Pueblo (AGER-2) and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    Note tape recorder in the background.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 520 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64720.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64733

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Representatives of the United States and North Korean governments meet at Panmunjom, Korea, to sign the agreement for the release of Pueblo's crew, 22 December 1968.
    Major General Gilbert H. Woodward, U.S. Army, Senior Member, United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission, is in the left foreground, with his back to the camera.
    USS Pueblo (AGER-2) and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 520 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64733.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64683

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    One of Pueblo's crewmen (left) checks in after crossing the "Bridge of No Return" at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, on 23 December 1968, following his release by the North Korean government. He is wearing clothing provided by the North Koreans.
    USS Pueblo (AGER-2) and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    Note North Korean troops in the background.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 525 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64683.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64690

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    A Navy Yeoman Second Class holds a U.S. flag, to be used to drape the coffin of Seaman Duane Hodges, who was killed when USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was captured by the North Koreans off Wonsan on 23 January 1968. Seaman Hodges' body was returned to American custody with the ship's other crewmen, at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, 23 December 1968.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 515 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64690.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64723

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Crewmen of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) leave a U.S. Army bus at the United Nations Advance Camp, following their release by the North Korean government at the Korean Demilitarized Zone on 23 December 1968.
    Pueblo and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    Note the Post Office sign on the Quonset Hut in the right background.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 530 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64723.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64711

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    General Charles H. Bonesteel III, U.S. Army, Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command, (left) and Rear Admiral Edwin M. Rosenberg, USN, Commander Task Force 76, (right) greet members of Pueblo's crew as they arrive at the U.N. Advance Camp, Korean Demilitarized Zone, on 23 December 1968, following their release by the North Korean government.
    USS Pueblo (AGER-2) and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    Note Christmas decorations.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 520 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64711.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64725

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Crewmen of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) eat a meal at the United Nations Advance Camp, Korean Demilitarized Zone, following their release by the North Korean government on 23 December 1968.
    Pueblo and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.
    They are wearing clothing provided by the North Koreans.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 525 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64725.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64728

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    A U.S. Navy Medical Corps officer (standing) talks with crewmen of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) as they eat a meal at the United Nations Advance Camp, Korean Demilitarized Zone, following their release by the North Korean government on 23 December 1968.
    Pueblo and her crew had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 545 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64728.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     
    Photo #: K-64726

    Repatriation of USS Pueblo Crew, December 1968


    Rear Admiral Edwin M. Rosenberg, Commander Task Force 76 (center), and Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, Commanding Officer of USS Pueblo (AGER-2), enter an automobile as they leave the mess hall at the United Nations Advance Camp, Korean Demilitarized Zone, on 23 December 1968. Cdr. Bucher and his crew had just been released from captivity by the North Korean government. They had been captured off Wonsan on 23 January 1968.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 510 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-K-64726.
    Though reproductions of this photo from the Naval Historical Center's collections are available in black & white only, those from the National Archives should be available in color.

     

    For other pictures related to the repatriation of Pueblo's crew, see:

  • USS Pueblo -- Repatriation of Crew, December 1968 (part II).

    For other images of this ship, see:

  • USS Pueblo (AGER-2, originally AKL-44).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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