Can You Hear Me?

Ty went to Rangers spring training and Heavy and Gustav couldn't get together so Gustav decided to educate the masses on the U.S.S. Pueblo incident. Gus starts off by digging into some Korean history and showing the inherent isolationist tendencies of past Korean rulers.  Both invasions by neighbors and intrusions by Europeans, including the S.S. General Sherman incident as well as French and U.S. expeditions, kept Korea sequestered till the late 19th century. Kim Il Sung's rise to power is then discussed as well as his actions regarding the Korean War, the DMZ Crisis and the Blue House Attack.  By setting the scene of the situation on the Korean peninsula in the late nineteen sixties, Gustav prepares you for the tale of the U.S.S. Pueblo and her crew. The U.S.S. Pueblo was an American spy ship working off the Eastern coast of North Korea.  She was discovered and captured by the North Korean navy.  Her crew was then taken to Pyongyang, the capitol of North Korea.  The crew was tortured and used for propaganda