Posted on Jan 23, 2021
COMINT OIC of USS Pueblo Shares Account of Capture
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Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Harris’ life had just been spared from execution when it dawned on him: Nothing will make you appreciate being from the United States more than the possibility of never returning.
It was an epiphany Harris had in a North Korean POW camp in January 1968.
A then-lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, his crew had been captured. Their ship, the USS Pueblo, was seized. The crew had been sentenced to death, but the execution was called off hours beforehand.
When Harris realized he’d live to see another day, he wondered whether any of those days would be spent back home with his new wife and family in Melrose.
Harris had never missed a Christmas before and, even in his dire circumstances – stuck against his will in the western countryside of North Korea – he had no intentions of missing one in the future.
It was an epiphany Harris had in a North Korean POW camp in January 1968.
A then-lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, his crew had been captured. Their ship, the USS Pueblo, was seized. The crew had been sentenced to death, but the execution was called off hours beforehand.
When Harris realized he’d live to see another day, he wondered whether any of those days would be spent back home with his new wife and family in Melrose.
Harris had never missed a Christmas before and, even in his dire circumstances – stuck against his will in the western countryside of North Korea – he had no intentions of missing one in the future.
COMINT OIC of USS Pueblo Shares Account of Capture
Posted from stationhypo.com
CT: Cryptologic Technician
POW/MIA
North Korea
Intelligence
Spying
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel my throat is full. People on all sides need to listen and hear this man and to respect what he represents in all of us before him, with him, and after him.
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