European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 13 Lloyd nine years after North koreans seized his by Bernard Weinraub new nine years after North korean gunboats seized us its retired com Lloyd lives quietly in a secluded ranch House in growing painting and studying he says that the Navy and the govern ment have Learned Little from he Pueblo that the looming withdrawal of american ground troops from South Korea is a that the ii months he spent in a North korean prison remains a burning it will be with me or the rest of my said Pete who was held and tortured by his North korean before finally signing a false confession spying inside korean there Are emotional wounds that wont a hefty figure Buber slowly and tensely about the part and the future and says that the entire dark experience of the Pueblo was virtually  for the what has me Navy what has the government Learned he very seated on the Back porch of his Bucher sipped Coffee and at times Magazine Bucher with Pueblo crewmen at North korean press at limes about his 27 Yean in the Navy and the incident that effectively ended his career and pitted him against the ills to collapsed on when North korean gunboats and planes captured the converted cargo ship that was sent on a secret intelligence mis Sion with poor old steering and a pair of machine one of 82 surviving Crew Mem spent it months of Captivity in North and was then released and faced an eight week naval court of the five admirals on the court recommended trials by court martial for Bucher for surrender ing his ship without a fight he testified thai de lacked the Power to resist and that it would have meant a Slaughter aboard the Pueblo and Tor the ships intelligence Stephen but the recommendations were later cancelled by Tho then Secretary of the John who said that Pueblos officers and men bad suffered buchers career in the Navy was Backer was temporarily assigned to desk Job before retiring on May served chief staff of i the Pueblo Bucher says Little has been Learned from the cer for minesweeper flotilla ing to organize the mining of North vietnamese Waters and later he re Moval of mines Laid in the american blockade of the North vietnamese port of it became a difficult thing for the Navy to know exactly what to do with he so at Bucher has settled into an almost reclusive life in a san Diego living with his and one of his m a Comfort Able Home hidden from a winding foothill mad by he spends several Days each week attending Art school in Parade and then returns Home on Long week ends to his Navy pension and his my which yielded More than for have freed Bucher front major financial since retiring four years ago he has thought of writing a comic novel about the discussed the prospects of teaching High school and has finally settled into Art he has seen Only a handful of the Pueblo Crew in recent and said that reliving the experience in North Korea remains even 11 takes such a Long time to realize youre out of that years and he leaning Forward and Star ing blankly at a nearby Orange the situation had tremendous we were subject to very fearful you have terrible youre constantly a door a letter that some pictures on Televik Little i was an emotional wreck the first two years 1 was Back there Are things to Day that affect with Korea abruptly in it the administrations decision to with draw american ground troops the attack on an american helicopter thai led three crewmen dead and one Cap tured Bencher us views in a rising the withdrawal of american troops from South he is a profound the presence of american perhaps More than any other keeps the North koreans from pushing to the of he said at some Point in the North koreans can mount a really vinous Cam a guerrilla politically undermining the raising Dis Content among bringing tremendous pressures Down on the government and finally destroying its and american troops help prevent Lite North koreans can be so he said they Are to under take All kinds of take 11 will be very difficult for South Korea to withstand those Frum the and Bucher is bitter when discussing facials in the the stale department and other government agencies he promised help if the Pueblo ran into trouble but ignored nobody Post the level of com Mander of us Pueblo we culled in to account for those decision that had been poorly and tragically Ren he there were never any contingency plans for the he and the admirals and the people in the state do Palm Cut and the National Security Agency who told me there were should be brought on the carpet and somebody is but nobody has Ever been called to Bucher said As far As he in real Effort was made to permit festive destruction of classified materials on ships such As the More than 600 pounds of secret papers that fell into the hands of the North koreans on the we had one Ricky Dink shredder that could Lake care of 100 sheets an said lie said that the concept of the code of conduct for american prisoners remains confusing and virtually meaningless As in and the Pentagon has failed to Deal with the what Good is the code of conduct to anyone captured in a situation such As we were a no War ail he what does it mean what does the Geneva convention mean u Means nothing if the people on the other Side dont recognize Bucher said that the guidelines Are not any clearer today about the use of armed defense in a situation such As the if i had armed people with a few and mis and some of us had survived i would have been accused of having Over although even Budr said Wilb a wan Tonjue uial be hoped one Day that hit memories of the Pueblo would blur and there Are Guys in Art school who never heard of the he younger its a great it helps you put the whole thing the after was a very minor footnote to t happened to be part of it it concerned me night and Day for u obsessed 1 dont think it obsesses me now