| Title: |
Donald Richard Peppard
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/2936
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
On January 23, 1968, Donald Peppard, a thirteen-year Navy veteran, was aboard a cargo ship transformed to a surveillance vessel when North Korean war ships detained the USS Pueblo and its crew for spying. During his eleven-month stint as a prisoner of the North Koreans, Peppard and his comrades endured spartan accommodations, beatings and threats, censored mail, and the sheer boredom of life in captivity. Throughout, Peppard kept his emotional balance, offering nothing of value to his captors.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Peppard, Donald Richard, 1937-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1937
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Waverly, NY; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Pendergast, Alan P.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Navy
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Korea; North America; North Korea; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Espionage; Korea; North America; North Korea; North Koreans; Oral history; Political prisoners; Prisoners; Prisons; U.S. Navy; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Surveillance vessel
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025864-27793
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