BUCHER, COMMANDER LLOYD M. (WITH MARK RASCOVICH)

Pueblo and Bucher

London, England: Michael Joseph, 1971. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0718109066. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is a bit of bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what is known today as the "Pueblo incident" or alternatively, as the "Pueblo crisis". The seizure of the U. S. Navy ship and its 83 crew members, one of whom was killed in the attack, came less than a week after President Lyndon B. Johnson's State of the Union address to the United States Congress, just a week before the start of the Tet Offensive in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and only three days after 31 men of North Korea's KPA Unit 12 had crossed the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and killed 26 South Koreans in an attempt to attack the South Korean Blue House (executive mansion) in the capital Seoul. The taking of Pueblo and the abuse and torture of its crew during the subsequent 11-month prisoner drama became a major Cold War incident, raising tensions between the western democracies and the Soviet Union and China. North Korea stated that Pueblo deliberately entered their territorial waters 7.6 nautical miles (14 km) away from Ryo Island, and that the logbook shows that they intruded several times. However, the United States maintains that the vessel was in international waters at the time of the incident and that any purported evidence supplied by North Korea to support its statements was fabricated.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 34901

Catalogue: Korean War

Keywords: 0718109066 Korean War Commander Lloyd M. Bucher The USS Pueblo The DMZ Disasters Korean War

DAVIS, LARRY

Air War over Korea a Pictorial Record

Carrollton, TX: Squadron / Signal Publications, 1982. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0897471377. B&W and Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with glossy cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color illustrations.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 33987

Catalogue: Korean War

Keywords: 0897471377 Korean War Larry Davis Air Force Aviation Planes Korean War Airplanes Korean War

HERBERT, ANTHONY IN COLLABORATIN WITH ROBERT L. NIEMANN

Conquest to Nowhere a Brutal, Factual Account of the. . .

Japan: Self Published, 1954. Far East Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The rear cover has some light rubbing and there is an ink stamp (PAID) on the rear cover as well. The text pages are clean, but noticeable toned due to the acid content of the paper." In one episode involving some Vietnamese girls Herbert stated, "The area was brilliantly lit by floodlights ... Each of them [the girls] was seated with their hands on a table, palms down." Herbert described the instruments used as a "long springy rod of bamboo split into dozens of tight, thin flails on one end. It was a murderous weapon", he said. "I'd seen it take the hide off a buffalo. When it was struck down hard, the flails splayed out like a fan, but an instant after impact they returned to their order, pinching whatever was beneath." According to Herbert, "War crimes are infinitely easier to overlook than to explain to an investigating committee. Nor do they do much for promotion among the 'West Point Protection Society' of the Army's upper-echelon career men. So when I kept bringing up the matter, I kept on making enemies and getting answers such as, 'what the hell did you expect, Herbert? Candy and flowers? ' I reported these things and nothing happened." Some commentators have opined that Herbert's allegations were exaggerated or unsubstantiated. The Army also released a statement to the effect that Herbert had raised the war crimes issue for the first time in September 1970, eighteen months after he was relieved of command in Vietnam and only after he had exhausted other means of salvaging his military career. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .

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Book number: 45132

Catalogue: Korean War

Keywords: Korean War Anthony Herbert Robert L. Niemann anti-War propoganda Soldiers Biography