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and Cdr. Bucher collapsed with small
shrapnel wounds in his ankle and rectum.
Ex. 15 at 125, ¶¶ 260–266.
14. Recognizing that there was no escape, Cdr. Bucher, at 1:34, gave the command ���‘All stop’’ and the signalman was
ordered to hoist the international signal
for ‘‘Protest.’’ The 57mm fire halted but
the 30mm fire continued sporadically. Ex.
15 at 126, ¶ 278.
15. After the Pueblo briefly resumed
movement, Cdr. Bucher, at about 2:30,
once again ordered another ‘‘All Stop.’’
Almost immediately, SC–35 closed to a
range of about 2,000 yards and fired. This
round of firing caused the death of a Pueblo crew member, Fireman Duane Hodges.
Ex. 15 at 127, ¶ 294; Tr. 19, April 21, 2008.
As many as 2,000 rounds struck the Pueblo. Ex. 15 at 144, ¶ 426.
16. 14. At 2:32, a group of two North
Korean officers and eight to ten enlisted
men armed with AK47 assault rifles boarded the Pueblo. See Ex. 15 at 129–30,
¶¶ 320, 323.
17. They forcibly gathered members of
the Pueblo crew on the well deck of the
Pueblo, where the temperature was below
freezing, and forced them to sit blindfolded
with their hands and ankles tightly bound.
See Tr. 20–21, 72, April 21, 2008; Tr. 25–
27, April 22, 2008.
18. If crew members resisted, the
North Koreans punched, kicked or jabbed
them with their weapons. See Tr. 27,
April 22, 2008.
19. After some time had passed, the
crew members were pulled to their feet
and taken inside of the Pueblo where Massie, along with the other crew members,
were forced to sit on the floor in several
inches of icy sea water. See Tr. 73–74,
April 21, 2008.
20. At about 4:00, a second boarding
party arrived with a senior North Korean
colonel and a civilian pilot, who relieved
the Pueblo’s helmsman. Following an inspection of the ship by the North Koreans
accompanied by Cdr. Bucher, Cdr. Bucher
was ordered to sit on the deck outside his
cabin. See Ex. 15 at 131, ¶ 343.
21. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 23, 1968, the Pueblo was tied up at a
pier about ten miles northwest of Wonson
and Cdr. Bucher was interrogated by several high-ranking North Korean officers.
See Ex. 15 at 132, ¶ 359.
22. When the interrogation was finished, the crew was dragged off of the ship
and, while bound and blind-folded, forced
to walk over a thin gangplank approximately 8 to 10 inches wide onto North
Korean soil. See Tr. 22, 75–75 April 21,
2008; Tr. 30, April 22, 2008. They were
then led in front of an unruly crowd who
yelled insults and spat at them. The
guards also kicked them in the legs and
administered ‘‘karate chops.’’ See Ex. 15
at 146, ¶ 434; Tr. 75–76, April 21, 2008.
23. The crew was taken from the Wonson pier to a small building where they
were beaten and severely mistreated in an
effort to have them say that they were
South Korean spies. See Ex. 15 at 147,
¶ 436.
24. At this small building, Massie, who
was still blindfolded, was shoved into an
iron stove. When he tried to cover his
face from the heat and flames, Massie
sustained burns to his hands. See Tr. 76,
April 21, 2008.
25. While still blindfolded, the crew
was forcibly put into buses with covered
windows and was driven to a train station.
On the way to the train station, the buses
stopped at several places where North Korean civilians came aboard to beat and yell
at the crew. North Korean officials also
beat the crew with rifle butts and fists and