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We Were at DefCon 2–One Step From Nuclear War–and I Was Checking My Work - USS Pueblo Incident

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Jan. 23, 1968, was an exciting day for me. I had no idea just how exciting it would turn out to be.

I’d recently returned from three weeks of leave in the US and was finishing up an 18-month tour in the Philippines that included several assignments to exotic places up and down the archipelagic nation. At 21, I felt much more worldly and sophisticated than all my family and friends...

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