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Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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50,000th Visitor

January 23rd, 2008 1 Comment

Hello Gloucester, County of Gloucestershire, England!  You were #50,000 @ 11:42:44 EST today when you stopped by to checkout Southern Air Pirate’s guest post about transiting the Suez Canal  .  Thanks for stopping by!
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23 January 1968: USS Pueblo - Never Forget

January 23rd, 2008 4 Comments

Then:
 

(CIA A-12   Recce mission on 26 January)
Now:

Taedong River, Pyongyang, North Korea ( 38°59′27.83"N x 125°43′32.13"E)

Remember:

Remember:

Read the story here 2, here   or here  .  A clearly provactive and illegal hijacking on the high seas by the North Koreans - and compounded by inexplicably poor contingency planning on the part of US forces when Pueblo [...]

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