In memorial, on June 8th, 1967 of the naval attack against USS Liberty, the world’s most sophisticated intelligence ship, inflicting 34 dead and 173 wounded American servicemen
(a casualty rate of seventy percent, in a crew of 294).
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A 14 Nov.1986 letter from Congressman Gary Ackerman (NY), to a constituent
states in part: "However, submarine photography taken during the incident indicates that the
Liberty may have been under siege for approximately two hours.
Further, it was later discovered that the Israelis had warned the U.S. to keep all intelligence ships away from their coast
during the war. In fact, after the arrival of the Liberty, the Israelis warned Washington to order the ship to leave the area.
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Sad something can be reduced to a trope. Justice denied.