"The Spy Ship Left Out in the Cold" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 14 Jun 2017 5:39 p.m. PST |
The 8th of June this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the attack on the USS Liberty (AGTR-5), a spy ship the Israelis repeatedly strafed, napalmed, and torpedoed during a ferocious hour-long assault that The Washington Post later described as "one of the most bloody and bizarre peacetime encounters in U.S. naval history." link |
| Kevin C | 15 Jun 2017 7:11 a.m. PST |
A couple of months ago I invited Sgt Bryce Lockwood, a survivor of the attack, to speak at the university where I teach. The event was well attended not only by students and faculty members, but by members of the community as well. The entire audience was blown away. It is a story that more Americans should know and is far more shady in its nature than the Gulf of Tonkin incident. link
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| Razor78 | 15 Jun 2017 5:26 p.m. PST |
I know one of the survivors as well. He actually took numerous pictures, its quite a slideshow |
| Virginia Tory | 06 Jul 2017 5:04 a.m. PST |
My dad worked SIGINT during that time. Nobody could figure out why they moved the Liberty so close to the coast in a war zone. There was a similar eff-up with the Pueblo a year later. "Senior management" handling of that operation bordered on the criminally negligent. |
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