Remembering The Pueblo

While in captivity the prisoners were regularly beaten, with little hope of rescue. They were subjected to ridiculous lessons on the North Koreans' version of US history which depicted the country as it was in the late 1800s. The were smothered in propaganda propping up the "Glorious Fatherland" in contrast to the "cowardly US imperialistic aggressors."

In October 1968, Time magazine published a photo of the prisoners displaying their Hawaiian good luck sign, and from the photo's caption the DPRK military learned that the gesture was one of "obscene derisiveness and contempt." This discovery infuriated the North Korean captors, bringing about a period of beatings which came to be known as "Hell week." During a seven day period, every member of the crew was brutally tortured in reprisal.

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