This event is only open to members of the ARNSF. If you are not a member but are interested in joining, contact Bob Ulin at rulin@cgscf.org.

In this presentation of the Forum, Steven Woelk, one of the 83 crew members of the USS Pueblo, will recount the story of the North Korean capture of the ship on Jan. 23, 1968, and how he and his fellow crewmen dealt with their brutal treatment as prisoners of war. Then just 19 years old, Woelk was the last crew member to leave the ship because he was seriously wounded by cannon fire during the incident. After 11 months of captivity, he and the rest of the crew were released two days before Christmas in 1968. The USS Pueblo remains in control of the North Koreans to this day.

Steven Woelk was a crewman on the USS Pueblo from 1967-1969. Born in Eldorado, Kansas, and raised in Alta Vista Kansas, he joined the Navy in October 1966 at the age of 18. His first duty station was the USS Pueblo. He medically retired from the Navy in 1969 after serving three years on active duty and worked as a commercial electrician for 14 years. He ultimately worked in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers retiring in 2008 as an electrical inspector at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Woelk currently lives in Basehor, Kansas with his wife Kathy.

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For questions about the ARNSF contact Col. (Ret.) Robert Ulin, Simons Center Director, at rulin@cgscf.org or call 913-240-1495.

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The Arter-Rowland National Security Forum is an exclusive professional information sharing and networking event exclusively for members of the forum and select invitees of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center and the Kansas City Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (KCAUSA), the co-hosts of the Forum.

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