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U.S. District Judge Awards Millions to USS Pueblo SurvivorsU.S. District Judge Awards Millions to USS Pueblo (AGER-2) Survivors
Background - USS Pueblo (AGER-2):
"USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class technical research ship (Navy intelligence) which was boarded and captured by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (NDPRK) on January 23 1968 ... North Korea stated that she strayed into their territorial waters, but the United States maintains that the vessel was in international waters at the time of the incident."
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Wikipedia: USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2) "The USS Pueblo, which was captured by the North Koreans in 1968, was the first U.S. Navy ship to be hi-jacked on the high seas by a foreign military force in over 150 years."
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Pueblo Incident Introduction
By Skip Schumacher (USS Pueblo AGER-2, USSPueblo.org) http://www.usspueblo.org/v2f/incident/incidentframe.html "It was 11 long months before the Pueblo's men were freed. Both captain and crew were horribly treated and later recounted their torture at the hands of the North Koreans."
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Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea
(History.com, This Day in History, December 23, 1968) http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2523 News:
"U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. "... awarded millions to men who were captured/tortured by North Korea after the county seized USS Pueblo during Cold War."
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Judge awards millions to men from USS Pueblo
North Korea seized the U.S. spy ship and its crew during Cold War (MSNBC, AP, Dec. 30, 2008) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28440016/ "U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr."...said Congress in 1996 lifted immunity for foreign states officially designated by the State Department as state sponsors of terrorism."
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Judge awards $65M to men taken from USS Pueblo (Daily Global, Dec. 30, 2008) http://www.dailyglobal.com/2008/12/judge-awards-65m-to-men-taken-from-uss-pueblo |
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