To the Editor:
Nearly 50 years after the U.S.S. Pueblo was blatantly attacked and seized by North Korea, this storied U.S. Navy vessel remains in the hands of one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet.
Following the unprovoked deadly attack in international waters on Jan. 23, 1968 that left a crew member dead, the ship was towed to North Korea and its 82 surviving sailors imprisoned and tortured for nearly a year.
January 20, 2016
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