"Attack one American and you attack all Americans" was once proclaimed by President Clinton. More recently, an Assistant Secretary for State proclaimed that the U. S. government always protects its citizens. These are damned lies and meaningless words. These words were not true in 1967 (when Israel deliberately attacked the USS LIBERTY,) and unfortunately, and in spite of these beautiful words, they are not even true today. Moreover, there is no such thing as justice.On that June day in 1967, the weather was beautiful... Clear and sunny, visibility unlimited... the LIBERTY, an elaborate state-of-the art intelligence gathering platform, was in international waters off the Gaza strip and was flying the Stars and Stripes. Israeli reconnaissance planes flew overhead for hours. Pilots and ship's crew waved to each other. Then, inexplicably, unmarked Israeli aircraft began attacking the ship.
The defenseless LIBERTY radioed for help. Two aircraft carriers in the Med responded by launching fighter aircraft. Unbelievably, they were recalled by the White House. RADM Geis, then commanding the carriers in the Sixth Fleet, called Washington personally to confirm the order. SecDef McNamara came on the line, then President Johnson. Johnson indicated to Geis that the aircraft were to be returned, that he would not have his allies embarrassed, and that he didn't care who was killed or what was done to the ship. Geis, like any good sailor, recalled the aircraft.
(If you have RealAudio, and click on the picture of CDR Dave Lewis at the right, you will HEAR Dave tell about his conversation with Admiral Geis.)
With no help forthcoming, the LIBERTY fell an easy victim to Israel's motor torpedo boat attack. FIVE torpedoes were lobbed at the Liberty, one hit amidships and instantly killed 25 sailors. A total of 34 died in the attack, 172 were injured.
The torpedo boats came within 50 feet of the ship, couldn't see the American flag on the mast, couldn't see the words "USS LIBERTY" on the stern, couldn't see "GTR-5" in 6 1/2 foot letters on the bow. The boats shot at American sailors on the deck of the Liberty as the sailors tried to help one another. As life rafts were put in the water by Liberty sailors in preparation for abandoning the ship, the boats shot them up. One boat pulled one out of the water and took it on board. Didn't see the words "U. S. NAVY" stenciled on it. The boats left the scene, apparently when they got erroneous word that the carriers had sent fighters to help the Liberty.
President Johnson went on television and announced to the American people that TEN sailors were killed in the "six minute accidental" attack. Sailors were ordered not to discuss the incident with ANYONE under threat of court-martial. We waited for the investigation... and for the explanations and the answers. Why did Israel attack the ship? Why did the U. S. Government turn its back on the crew members? The answers never came.
There has NEVER been a congressional investigation. There HAS been a NAVY- controlled white-washed investigation of the crew's actions during the attack, but Israel's participation was NOT covered. Even in this, evidence was changed, and officers and crew who knew the answers were not asked the right questions and were told to shut up when they offered information. And now, in 2002, retired Navy captain Ward Boston, one of the Navy's chief legal counsels reporting to Adm. Kidd, who, with Adm. Kidd, conducted the Navy's inquiry, now says that the Navy inquiry was a sham and a fraud and both he and Adm. Kidd knew that the attack was not an accident but deliberate.
At the AFEI conference for Net Centric Operations 2003 on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at Tysons Corner in Vienna, VA, Honorable John Stenbit, Assistant Secretary for Defense C3I, said, "The Israeli's told us 24 hours before that we had a ship called the Liberty, and if we didn't move it they would sink it. Unfortunately, the ship was not moved and by the time the message arrived the ship was taking on water." .
We don't yet have the complete text of that presentation, but we DO have the complete text of a presentation Stenbit gave a month earlier, on March 13, 2003, at Harvard University in which he makes the same claim. You can view his remarks at:
http://home.cfl.rr.com/gidusko/liberty/stenbit.htm
The attack has been a matter of controversy since 1967. Survivors and many key government officials including Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Moorer say the attack was no accident. CLICK HERE to see a long list of notable officials who believe the attack was deliberate. Two Israeli officers have come forward to admit that the attack was no accident. Yet the Israeli government and its supporters insist it was a "tragic case of misidentification" and charge that survivors and their eyewitness supporters are lying.
(If you have RealAudio, click on Admiral Moorer's picture at the left and hear what he has to say about the attack.) Please read Admiral Moorer's statement on the 30th anniversary of the massacre by CLICKING HERE.
Admiral Moorer, together with Jim Ennes made stirring speeches at a forum held in Washington, DC on Sept. 7, 1985. You can hear this 16-minute file of the speeches in an .MP3 file.
To hear the file, CLICK HERE
During the week of Jan. 11, 2004, the U.S. State Department held a forum on the 1967 war and the USS Liberty. Here's a scathing column by Adm. Moorer written during the week that appeared in the Houston Chronicle and the Stars and Stripes, a pitch for a fully empowered investigation by the American government. CLICK HERE to readNote: Admiral Moorer, 91, passed away on 2/5/04. Tribute and information can be found HERE: CLICK HERE to read
The ship's crew is bitter. It is bitter because its own country turned its back on them... it is bitter because someone killed 34 Americans and got away with it...what's more, that its own government covered up the truth and HELPED them get away with it!
"Ahhh," you say. "Anti-Semitism!" No. Many of the ship's crew are Jewish, and we have many Jewish friends. We are NOT anti-Semitic. We ARE anti-Israel. We know that Israel has controlled the American congress for years... to the point where 34 dead sailors can go un-investigated!
"A man who is good enough to shed his blood
for his country is good enough to be given a square
deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to,
and less than that no man shall have."
--------------------- Theodore Roosevelt
Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. --- Barry Goldwater
The history of the race, and each individual's experience,
are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill
and that a lie told well is immortal.
-------------------- Mark Twain
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FLASH!
The survivors of the 1967 attack on the USS Liberty have been beating their heads against the wall for 40 years trying to get some attention and publicity... and would you believe it? Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, The Chicago Tribune ran the story ON THE FRONT PAGE, above the fold, with pictures... story continuing to 2 complete inside pages! John Crewdson did an outstanding job on his story, "New Revelations in Attack on American Spy Ship!" Check it out!
http://tinyurl.com/3c7d6o
On Wednesday, June 8, 2005, the attorney for the USS Liberty Veterans Association filed a report with the Department of Defense detailing the war crimes the Israelis committed during their June 8, 1967 attack on the USS Liberty.
According to the directive that governs the submission of the report the Department of Defense is required to conduct an investigation. If they do not, the survivors have recourse.
A copy of the press release in PDF format is at: On April 20, 2006, after having received no substantive communication since the filing of the report, two retired US Navy Admirals, one a Navy Judge Advocate General officer who in June 1967 was attached to the command of Admiral John S. McCain and who refused to quickly sign the US Navy Court of Inquiry Report, wrote a detailed letter to the Secretary of the Army with copies to the Secretary of the Navy and to US Senator and former Secretary of the Navy John Warner.
CLICK HERE for Press Release
A copy of the War Crime report in HTML format is at
CLICK HERE for War Crime report
You can read this letter at:
http://home.cfl.rr.com/gidusko/crimes/
Americans deserve the truth -- why were two flights of rescue aircraft that had been launched from Sixth Fleet aircraft carriers within minutes of the beginning of the attack recalled almost immediately after launch? That act turned the US Sixth Fleet into the role of spectator listening to our calls for help on their radios as the attack on our ship lasted for another 90 minutes. That act is also a capital violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
The Department of the Army has replied to Admirals Staring and Hill, dated May 15, 2006. Got the same brush off. Read the Army's response:
http://home.cfl.rr.com/gidusko/liberty/armyrply.gif
Admirals Staring and Hill haven't given up! They have just written again to Senator Warner, and included all the files they have incorporated in their previous documents. You can read this July 22, 2006 letter at:
http://home.cfl.rr.com/gidusko/crimes2/
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Crew roster as of 6/13/67 _________________________________________________
MEET REAR ADM. MERLIN STARING -- THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T SIGN THE FRAUDULENT NAVAL COURT OF INQUIRY PAPERS FAST ENOUGH! And rightly so, because in 2002, Captain Ward Boston, chief legal counsel and major figure in the Naval Court declared the Court to be fraudulent and a sham, with participants ordered to find the attack "accidental." Click on Adm. Staring's picture at left to hear what he went through when the Inquiry papers were given to him to endorse. The file is a RealAudio file, and runs about 15 mins.
Capt. Ward Boston, on the 40th anniversary of the attack (6/8/2007): CLICK HERE TO READ
Click on Captain Boston's picture on right to see exactly what he said about the Naval Court of Inquiry in a Navy Times article. You can hear a recent statement by Capt. Boston made to a Los Angeles attorney, Ron Gotcher, on June 14, 2003, by CLICKING HERE
A notarized, written declaration was made by Boston in January, 2004, just prior to a State Department Forum. In it, Boston says that the Naval Court was directed by McNamara and Johnson to find the Israeli attack an "accident." To read this Acrobat .PDF file, CLICK HERE.
James Crawley of the San Diego Union-Tribune spent a lot of time with Capt. Boston which resulted in an outstanding article which appeared in his paper on Feb. 17, 2004. CLICK HERE to read it, or the plain text version HERE
Note: Boston 84, passed away on 6/12/08 with complications of pneumonia.
This page wouldn't be complete without a comment or two about A. Jay Cristol's book, "The Liberty Incident." Cristol made 16 trips to Israel in "investigating" the Liberty incident. Presumably, he had contacts with high level military and civilian personnel there -- interviewing over 500 people and brought back with him his version of the attack on the Liberty. Some of the half-dozen survivors he claims he had interviewed deny it completely.
He displays gun camera footage of the attack, obtained from Israel -- that is out-and-out fraudulent. The footage was actually obtained as the Liberty was returning to Little Creek, VA, AFTER the attack. For proof, see: http://www.freewebs.com/gidusko/cam_frd/
More evidence of the gun camera photo frauds, blast hole analysis, essays, forensic analysis and other comments by researcher K. J. Halliwell:
Cristol is a past-master at twisting words, bending the truth, taking statements out of context -- his book is full of these! Being Politically Correct, he lauds the survivors as "heroes" -- and then stabs them in the back! When Dave Lewis reveals his talk with Adm. Geis, learning that the two flights to help the Liberty had been called back by McNamara and then President Johnson, Cristol says Dave is "imagining things." When Lloyd Painter and Glenn Oliphant saw the torpedo boats shooting up the life rafts in the water, he calls them liars. He denies completely that the boats kept shooting some 40 minutes after the torpedo hit. He says there are survivors that agree with his version but in the past 25 years or so that I've been associated with the survivors, I have heard of only one -- LT Maury Bennett. Cristol says there are others but he declines to mention them because he doesn't want to cause strife among the survivors.
http://usslibertyinquiry.googlepages.com/home/
LT BENNETT A TRAITOR?
Recently there have been some web pages put up by Cristol whereby he quotes me as calling LT Bennett a traitor. This is an excellent example of Cristol's proficiency in quoting something out of context, twisting the words and bending the truth. In an email, I called Bennett a "traitor to your shipmates" and gave the reasons for so doing. Since Bennett and Cristol have made part of the email public, I feel I now can display it here. Read the whole thing! CLICK HERE TO SEE EMAIL
THE USS LIBERTY FOUNDATION
The USS LIBERTY FOUNDATION has been set up to further publicize the story of the attack on the USS Liberty by purchasing newspaper space all over the country. While some politicians and news media personnel are willing to help, some believe the subject is too politically risky to confront the Israeli lobbyists and support groups. Read all about the new USS LIBERTY FOUNDATION members.aol.com/w4lmk/libfndtn.htm HERE!
Richard Helms, Director of the CIA 1966-1973, wrote (with William Hood), "A Look Over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency." His views regarding the USS Liberty attack are on pages 300 - 301 of the book. Read an excerpt from these pages by clicking on picture at left.
SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS of the USS Liberty attack! Subscribe to the quarterly Liberty Veterans Association NEWSLETTER, they need your support! Subscription cost is $20 per year. Make check out to "Liberty Veterans Association" and mail to: Moe Shafer, c/o Blazer Associates Inc., 4994 Lower Roswell Rd., Suite 33, Marietta, GA 30068. email:MShafer@mindspring.com
Old newsletters can be viewed on the internet at: http://www.ussliberty.org/newsletters.htm
Should you like to discuss the incident with some of the survivors, these survivors are willing to talk with you:
Gary Brummett Phone: 318-858-2258
Stan White Phone: 815-379-2066
Phil Tourney Phone: 970-835-4076
John Hrankowski Phone: 585-225-0385
Larry Weaver Phone: 808-874-0201
Dave Lewis Phone: 802-277-8379
A SURVIVOR SPEAKS ... One of the survivors has something to say to you. Please read what he has to say. Click on the picture to read.
ISRAEL SAYS... they thought the ship was the Egyptian ship "El Quseir," which is a horse carrier one-fourth the size of the Liberty. OK. Here, put yourself in the pilot seat of the Israeli fighters or the Israeli motor torpedo boats... and let's take a look at the ship they saw. Click on the picture on right and LOOK. Look at the big satellite dish antenna on the fantail, look at the 6 1/2-foot high letters on the bow -- "GTR-5." Look at all the antennas. .... NOW take a look at the relative sizes and shapes of the two ships -- CLICK HERE to see them! ..... Is it the Egyptian "El Quseir?" Any 10 year-old boy in any country would know it was an American ship!
WING-TV is a big supporter of the Liberty survivors, tells the story about the attack in a documentary and is currently interviewing some survivors, with more planned. You can view the Liberty story and the interviews of 6 survivors and Admiral Staring by Victor Thorn and Lisa Guliani of WING-TV by clicking on the banner above. Additionally a DVD copy of all is available, free to survivors, $10 to all others. Email: jgidusko@cfl.rr.com
The American Free Press has been a staunch supporter of the Liberty survivors for many years. The June 23, 2003 edition of their paper contained a four-page supplement containing the story of the attack on the Liberty. Click on the image on the left to see it.
AFP has recently (6/08) updated and added information to the supplement -- it is now a twelve-page version, and includes interviews with some survivors. The AFP's web site:
http://www.americanfreepress.net
AUDIO FILES OF RECENT SURVIVOR INTERVIEWS
(Date, Survivor name, Host, file length)
01/05/2006 James Ennes, Host Daryl Bradford Smith, approx. 1 hr. CLICK HERE
05/05/2006 James Ennes, Host Daryl Bradford Smith, approx. 1/2 hr. CLICK HERE
06/07/2006 Gary Brummett and Ken Gauthier, Host Tom Parker, approx. 1 hr. CLICK HERE
06/14/2006 Gary Brummett, Host Don Bustany, approx. 20 mins. CLICK HERE
06/29/2006 Gary Brummett, Host Pastor Peter J. Peter, approx. 1 hr. CLICK HERE
02/15/2007 Gary Brummett, Host Kevin Shannon, approx. 40 mins. CLICK HERE
03/23/2007 Gary Brummett, Host Mark Dankof, approx. 1 1/2 hrs. CLICK HERE
03/26/2007 Dave Lewis, Host Mark Dankof, approx. 1 1/2 hrs. CLICK HERE
04/03/2007 Phil Tourney, Host Mark Dankof, approx. 2 hrs. CLICK HERE
04/12/2007 John Hrankowski, Host Mark Dankof, approx. 1 1/2 hrs. CLICK HERE
04/19/2007 Gary Brummett, Host Mark Dankof, approx. 1 1/2 hrs. CLICK HERE
06/24/2007 Glenn Oliphant, Joe Lentini, Dave Lucas, Host Gene Pell, approx. 1/2 hr. CLICK HERE
06/29/2007 Dave Lewis, Host Christopher Brown, approx. 15 mins. CLICK HERE
08/22/2007 Jim Ennes, Dave Lewis, Lloyd Painter, John Hrankowski, Host Christopher Brown, approx. 23 mins. CLICK HERE
10/08/2007 Jim Ennes, Hosts Randy Miller and Jerry Newberry, approx. 20 mins. CLICK HERE
10/13/2007 Bryce Lockwood, Hosts George Butler and Charlotte Littlefield Brown, approx. 76 mins. CLICK HERE
01/08/2008 Gary Brummett, Host George Whitehurst Berry, approx. 35 mins. CLICK HERE
01/11/2008 Ernie Gallo, Host George Whitehurst Berry, approx. 35 mins. CLICK HERE
06/05/2008 Gary Brummett, Phil Tourney, Host Michael Collins Piper, approx. 44 mins. CLICK HERE
06/06/2008 Phil Tourney, Gary Brummett, Ron Kukal Host Rick Adams, approx. 40 mins. CLICK HERE
06/08/2008 Phil Tourney, Gary Brummett, Ron Kukal Hosts James Edwards, Winston Smith, Mark Weber approx. 1 hr 37 mins. CLICK HERE
06/18/2008 Gary Brummett, Host John Stadtmeiller, approx. 59 mins. (Edited) CLICK HERE
07/15/2008 Dave Lewis and Gary Brummett, Host Basima Farhat, approx. 54 mins. CLICK HERE
NEW PROGRAM!! THE LIBERTY HOUR
USS Liberty survivor Phil Tourney and AFP writer Mark Glenn have teamed up and are hosting a brand-new 2-hour program Saturday mornings at 11AM (Eastern time) on Republic Broadcasting. Listen in LIVE at: www.republicbroadcasting.org
The first program initiating the service was on February 23, 2008!
Republic Broadcasting is archiving the programs and you can catch the missed ones here CLICK HERE
Additionally, you can find Phil and Mark's web site at:
http://ussliberty.wordpress.com/
Barbara's Letter. April 8, 1999: A Liberty widow, Mrs. Barbara Scott (Lupton) Neilson has written a really truly beautiful letter to Senator John Warner (R, VA), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Click on Barbara's picture to read her letter. If/when we see a response from Senator Warner, we will try to publish it here, also.
James E. Akins, a career foreign service officer, served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia before his retirement in 1976. This article was adapted from a talk given by Ambassador Akins at the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine in Washington, DC. and from his talk to the Liberty survivors at their 32nd reunion in 1999. Click on Ambassador Akins picture to read his excellent talk! (From Washington Report On Middle East Affairs, December 1999)
Half-hearted honors for the C.O. The March 1998 issue of The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs" contains this article by Former Congressman Paul Findlay (R-IL) on how the Commanding Officer of the Liberty has been half-way honored in 1968 and again in 1997!
PRAVDA interviews Liberty crew member John Hrankowski! CLICK HERE to read interview!
PRAVDA interviews Nickolai Cherkashin, Navy submarine force Captain, and author of more than 30 books and 7 films. CLICK HERE to read interview!
The History Channel has aired their documentary "Coverup: The Attack on the USS Liberty" twice each day on 8/9/01, 3/14/02, 8/11/02, 10/21/02, 6/18/03, 7/18/03, 11/7/03, 2/13/04, 5/21/04 and on other unlogged days after that. The History International channel also has aired the program frequently, also. If you haven't seen it, the video is available for $20 plus $5 shipping at 1-800-708-1776. Additionally, the Pulse TV web site makes it available also, for $20 plus $4 shipping at:
CLICK HERE for PulseTV web site
The BBC has taken a new look at the Liberty incident and developed new facts pertaining to the 1967 Israeli assault on the Liberty. They've produced a documentary "Dead in the Water," which aired in England in June 2002, and was also shown in Germany, France and other European countries. It was shown at the Vancouver Film Festival in September and October 2002, the Cannes Film Festival in late October 2002, the Gloria International Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 2003 and the "Israel and the Media" Film Festival at San Luis Obispo, CA. on June 26, 2004.
Some links to BBC-related pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/dead_in_the_water.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/shlomo_erell_interview.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/john_hrankowski_interview_2.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/06_june/08/uss_liberty.shtml
A newly-released companion book to the "Dead in the Water" video described above is now available. The book is written by Peter Hounam, who investigated and researched the material for the video. At this writing, the book is available at www.amazon.com for $17.47. There are a couple of excellent book reviews available you should read. To read the reviews, click on the image of the book at left.
Peter Hounam is the journalist that worked with Mordechai Vanunu in blowing the whistle on Israel's nuclear production some 20 years ago. Hounam was arrested by Israel when Vanunu was released in 2004 after 18 years of imprisonment, with a gag order imposed by a judge. Hounam was released some 24 hours later.
"THEY DARE TO SPEAK OUT" by Paul Findley. Written by a former congressman, this book details the enormous influence of the Israeli Lobby in the USA. The book tells about the ease with which politics can be manipulated by another country. Details of Israeli influence in the White House, the press, universities, churches -- throughout America are given. The book will leave you somewhat depressed over the sad state of affairs of this nation, -- most importantly -- over the influence that Israel has over our congress. This book is "must" reading for every American citizen. The book is available at any good bookstore. Click on the book at right for one of many places it is available on the internet.
You can read the chapter about the USS Liberty: CLICK HERE to read.
Mr. Findley recently appeared (9/23/03) on Don Bustany's KPFK radio show, for which we have a short 13-minute MP3 audio clip. CLICK HERE to listen to the audio file.
In 2002, the Liberty survivors had commissioned a new video, produced by Tito Howard. The video, "Loss of Liberty," is a heart-rending documentary and tells the shocking story of the deliberate attack on the USS Liberty. The video had its official world premiere in Washington, DC in June 2002, and is available for $25 from http://www.middleeastbooks.com/
The video, produced by Pat King, "USS Liberty Survivors: Our Story" is the first significant video made of the Liberty attack of June 8, 1967, when Israeli jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats brutally attacked the USS Liberty in international waters. It tells the story strictly from the personal accounts of the survivors and other key participants.
Admiral Moorer has never believed the attack was an accident and clearly says so. Captain Tully had never found out why his planes launched from the Saratoga were recalled, and that bothered him immensely. LT George Golden was fit to be tied because he couldn't get the stories in the Navy Court of Inquiry that he wanted to get in. The survivors tell what happened, no punches pulled. It's apparent to any viewer that the flag WAS flying, no matter what the Israelis say, and that the life rafts put in the water were shot up by the Israeli torpedo boats. Jim Ennes delineates some of the lies spread by the Israelis. Others wonder why the US coverup and what would have happened if the ship had turned out to have been Russian. A heart-rendering saga from the hearts of the survivors.
Click on logo on left to order the video, which is available on VHS or DVD. You can contact Pat direct and order by email to: kingfaris@sbcglobal.net.
A new and outstanding book, The USS Liberty, Dissenting History vs. Official History, by Dr. John Borne has recently appeared. Dr. Borne did the study for his doctoral dissertation at New York University. The widely acclaimed book is available direct from Dr. Borne for $23, post-paid. His email address is: jborne@earthlink.net
Doctor Borne has updated his information (circa 2000) in a well-designed web site that pretty much sums up everything that is known (and not known) about the Liberty massacre. Doctor Borne has his ducks lined up, calls them by name, and pulls no punches in delineating the facts! Check out his newest contribution by CLICKING HERE . For information, his new web site is at http://www.logogo.net/liberty.htm
In James Bamford's latest book, "BODY OF SECRETS" which has a chapter on the Liberty, he discloses that NSA has audio tapes showing that the Israeli pilots were talking about seeing an American flag. The tapes were made by a NSA-operated EC-121 surveillance aircraft which was flying above the area at the time. (The new soft-cover edition is out now and selling for $14.95. A real bargain!) Click on the book at the left to go to the BODY OF SECRETS web site!
Is It OK To Criticize Israel? A short treatise by Jim Ennes.
Clicking Here will get you your senator's email and snail mail addresses.
Clicking here will help you find your representative and get you his/her email/snailmail address.
There is a FREE program available called GOVERNMAIL. The program will send email to ANY or ALL senators and representatives. (It will even tell you who they are!) Click on the logo at the left and get your copy!
Charley Reese, syndicated columnist for the Orlando Sentinel is a good friend of the Liberty survivors. Click on his picture and see a couple of his recent columns.
Ed Mark, an ex-Liberty crewman has established the USS LIBERTY PHOTO ALBUM on the web. He has pictures and Real Audio sounds of Liberty crewmen and events there, including pictures of Reunion '99 there. Check it out by clicking on Ed's picture on the left. Ed's email address is:
edmark2007@yahoo.com
Bob Casale, a plank owner of the USS Liberty has posted an album of pictures of the Liberty's commissioning, it's first cruise, including some pictures of the officers and chiefs, and some of the reunions. (Click on ALL ALBUMS to see the list.) Ever hear of a car wreck on a ship? Click on Bob's picture at right and check it out! Bob's email address is:
bufbob@juno.com
The USS DAVIS (DD-937) was the first ship on the scene after the attack to assist the USS Liberty. Read the story by Gerry Surette by clicking on logo at left!
Our sister ship, the USS PUEBLO's homepage. The Pueblo was captured by North Korea in January 1968, just about 7 months after the Liberty incident occurred.
Rocky's Liberty Page Click on survivor Rocky Sturman's picture on left for his web site which salutes his commanding officer of the USS Liberty.
Survivor Don Pageler and wife Eva have developed the Liberty Turtle Page Check it out by clicking on his picture.
Survivor Ron Kukal attributes his salvation to six miracles that happened the day Israel attacked the Liberty. Ron is deeply involved in a ministry by and for veterans, particularly involving PTSD. Click on his picture to check his page. Ron also has been instrumental in getting a museum display set up at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, One Waterside Drive Ste 248, Norfolk, VA 23510-1607 phone 757-322-2987 email hrnm@nsn.cmar.navy.mil. As a matter of fact, that's his Liberty uniform hanging there in the display. To see a snapshot of the museum display CLICK HERE
Ron always takes advantage of every opportunity to speak about the attack on the Liberty -- and he did recently at Goodfellow AFB in Texas. CLICK HERE to see a few snapshots.
Survivor Rick Aimetti has gotten deeply involved with the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps and is now Commanding Officer of a unit in Babylon, NY. Click on Rick's picture on the right to view his efforts with the Sea Cadet Corps. Make sure you see the 'LIBERTY MEMORIAL' page there!
USS LIBERTY STAMPS, BUMPER STICKERS and POST CARDS AVAILABLE!! Proudly display the Liberty bumper sticker, make your own stamps for use on stationery! Click on stamp on left to view available material!
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is probably the only magazine in the world that supports the Liberty survivors. And probably the only magazine in the world where you can get the truth about the Middle East problems. It supports the UN resolutions and traditional American support for human rights, self-determination, and fair play. If you've never seen this magazine, call 1-800-368-5788. They'll send you a free sample copy, hoping to welcome you as a subscriber.
By far, one of the absolutely best stories about the USS Liberty assault was written by Jim Ennes for THE LINK in the May/June '84 issue. CLICK HERE to read it!
Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU) was founded 34 years ago by Americans whose professions in medicine, church ministry, archaeology and diplomacy had taken them to the Middle East. AMEU strives to create in the United States a deeper appreciation of the culture, history and current events in that area. To achieve this goal, AMEU publishes The Link on a bi-monthly basis and sponsors educational programs. AMEU has archived every issue of THE LINK and can be seen on the web site. Click on the banner above to visit their site. The story of the USS LIBERTY (Publication #34) can be downloaded in either .PDF or .DOC format. CLICK HERE for the free download.
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