Memorial Day 2024, Remember the USS Liberty June 8, 1967, 34 American crew killed in an unprovoked attack
Al Jazeera English: The Day Israel Attacked America
"Al Jazeera investigates the shocking truth behind a deadly Israeli attack on a US naval vessel.
In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean.
Israeli jet fighters hit the vessel with rockets, cannon fire and napalm, before three Israeli torpedo boats moved in to launch a second more devastating attack. Though she did not sink, the Liberty was badly damaged. Thirty-four US servicemen and civilian analysts were killed, another 171 were wounded.
Later Israel apologised for what it claimed to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. It said that it had believed the ship to be hostile Egyptian naval vessel. US President Lyndon Johnson was privately furious but publicly the White House chose not to challenge the word of its closest Middle East ally and accepted that the attack had been a catastrophic accident.
However, as this exclusive Al Jazeera investigation reveals, fresh evidence throws new light on exactly what happened that fateful day – and the remarkable cover up that followed."
Jan 14, 2024 USS Liberty Veterans Association
New Hampshire Committee Hearing on USS Liberty
New Hampshire House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing on Bill HB1041 "Relative to Establishing a Commission to investigate the USS Liberty Incident and its Aftermath." USS Liberty Survivors Larry Bowen, Phil Tourney and Bryce Lockwood Testify.
New Hampshire House Bill HB 1041, Title: relative to establishing a commission to investigate the USS Liberty incident and its aftermath.
American Legion 2017 Resolution on the USS Liberty (PDF download)
American Legion Resolution No. 40: USS Liberty
'We're Fed Up With It': Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later
USS Liberty Veterans Banned Forever From American Legion National Convention
Wikipedia, USS Liberty incident (Memorial Day 2024). The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.[2] The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.[3] At the time, the ship was in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula, about 25.5 nautical miles (47.2 km; 29.3 mi) northwest from the Egyptian city of Arish.[1][4]
Israel apologized for the attack, saying that the USS Liberty had been attacked in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship.[5] Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.[6] Others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate.[7][8] Read more on Wikipedia
