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08.09.02, 01:46
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During the Six Day War between Israel and the Arab States, the American
intelligence ship
USS Liberty was attacked for 75 minutes in international waters by Israeli
aircraft and
motor torpedo boats. Thirty-four men died and 172 were wounded.
The attack has been a matter of controversy ever since. Survivors and many
key government officials
including Secretary of State Dean Rusk and former JCS Chairman Admiral
Thomas Moorer say it was
no accident. Israel and its supporters insist it was a "tragic case of
misidentification" and charge that the
survivors are either lying or too emotionally involved to see the truth.
Israel claims they mistook our ship for the out-of-service Egyptian horse
carrier El Quseir
and that we brought the attack upon ourselves by operating in a war zone
without displaying a flag. Not so.
We were in international waters, far from any fighting, and flew a bright,
clean, new American flag.
The flag we flew is on display at the National Cryptologic Museum,
Fort Meade, Maryland and can be seen there, or in the USS Liberty Images
Archive.
Our commanding officer, Captain William Loren McGonagle, received the
Congressional Medal of Honor
for conspicuous gallantry and intrepedity at the risk of his life above and
beyond the call of duty during the attack.
The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award our country can
bestow.
To avoid embarrassing our attackers, Captain McGonagle's Medal of Honor was
presented in a quiet ceremony
in the Washington Navy Yard instead of in the White House by the President
as is customary
