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Nov 16, 2016 · The crew of the U.S.S. Pueblo in January 1969, taken shortly after their arrival on the grounds of the Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. US Navy/Public Domain So began The Digit Affair.
Jul 20, 2010 · At first the captured crew of the Pueblo resisted demands they sign false confessions, famously raising their middle fingers at the camera and telling the North Koreans it was the “Hawaiian...
- Missy Sullivan
North Korean Propaganda Photograph of prisoners of USS Pueblo. Photo and explanation from the Time article that exposed the Hawaiian Good Luck Sign secret. The sailors were flipping the middle finger, as a way to covertly protest their captivity in North Korea, and the propaganda on their treatment and guilt.
Nov 19, 2023 · U.S. POWs in North Korean repeatedly gave the middle finger to the photographer in every photo that was taken of them in 1968. When the Koreans realized the hand signal was always being used, they asked the prisoners what it meant. The POWs said it was good luck in Hawaiian.
Jun 12, 2018 · While the Pueblo crew was remembered for their bravery and defiance, including holding up their middle fingers when forced to pose in staged propaganda photos and films, the incident is also...
- Sarah Pruitt
Comments. It has been 20 years since the North Koreans boarded and captured the intelligence gathering ship, USS Pueblo (AGER-2), on 23 January 1968, taking her 83-man crew as hostages for 11 months. By 22 December when the crew was released, a sailor who was seriously wounded when the ship was seized had died in captivity.
Jan 20, 2018 · The USS Pueblo crew display their middle fingers in propaganda photos put out by their captors.
