Eye on History - caption - Brief Article

All Hands, March, 2003

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1969

The body of SN Duane Hodges, Killed during the capture of USS Pueblo (AGER 2), is transferred during the release of the ship's crew by North Korea. On Jan. 24, 1968, Pueblo was captured off the coast of North Korea. After 11 months in captivity, CDR Lloyd Bucher led his crew of 82 men to South Korea, back into the hands of the U.S. allied authorities.

1962

The crew of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31) enjoy the swimfest. The ship was on her way to join the 7th Fleet in the Far East when they stopped for swim call.

1959

Margot Doukas, an American Red Cross volunteer "Grey Lady," takes a shopping order from Lance Cpl. Raymond MacAtee at Naval Hospital, Yokosuka, Japan. Shopping for bed-ridden patients is one of the many jobs done by the volunteers.

1943

Dorothy Waiwaiole cuts steel to be shipped back to the mainland for use in new ships. Pearl Harbor Navy Yard workers like Dorothy were salvaging raised ships that had been sunk during the Japanese attack, Dec. 7, 1941.

1983

A flight deck crewman on USS Callagham (DDG 994) directs an AH-2F helicopter during operations in the Northern Sea of Japan.