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[Indeependent]

Most Americans are unaware the event ever happened, much less some of the specific details of the attack:

"Survivors also report that the torpedo boat crews fired on the inflated life boats launched by the crew after the captain gave the order 'prepare to abandon ship.'[24]

"This order had to be rescinded because the crew was unable to stand on the main deck without being fired upon and the life rafts were destroyed as they were launched."

USS Liberty Memorial: Summary of Events

Correction...

Most Americans who are aware of the incident and understand something about the details of the event remain unconvinced...

Except for every single surviving eyewitness.

Did I mention I didn't lose a wink of sleep last night over this issue.
But please...don't let me interrupt.

 

[georgephillip]

It was a three hour sustained attack.. The Liberty was monitoring communications.

Prior to the actual attack which took place around 2:00 PM, Israel monitored Liberty for hours:
"At approximately 0600 hours (all times local) on the morning of June 8, 1967 an Israeli maritime reconnaissance aircraft observer reported seeing 'a US Navy cargo type ship,' just outside the coverage of the Israeli coastal radar defense net, bearing the hull markings 'GTR-5'.[11]
"This report, made to Israeli naval HQ, was also forwarded immediately to the Israeli navy intelligence directorate.[12]
"Throughout the remainder of the day prior to the attack, Israeli reconnaissance aircraft regularly flew out to USS Liberty's position and orbited the ship before returning to their bases in Israel.
"A total of no fewer than eight (8) such flights were made.[13]
"At approximately 1050 hours, the naval observer from the early morning reconnaissance flight arrived at Israeli air force HQ and sat down with the air-naval liaison officer there.
"The two officers consulted Jane's Fighting Ships and learned that the ship reported earlier in the day was USS Liberty, a United States Navy technical research ship.[14]
My biggest question today is this: on which side of the Atlantic was the scheme hatched?

Elders of zion operating a mind-bending radar out the area 51, of course.

"The Liberty’s radio team tried to issue a distress call, but discovered the frequencies had been jammed by the Israeli planes with what one communications specialist called 'a buzzsaw sound'.

"Finally, an open channel was found and the Liberty got out a message to the USS America, the Sixth Fleet’s large aircraft carrier, that it was under attack

"Two F-4s left the carrier to come to the Liberty’s aid.

"Apparently, the jets were armed only with nuclear weapons.

"When word reached the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara became irate and ordered the jets to return. 'Tell the Sixth Fleet to get those aircraft back immediately,' he barked.

"McNamara’s injunction was reiterated in saltier terms by Admiral David L. McDonald, the chief of Naval Operations: 'You get those ******* airplanes back on deck, and you get them back down.'

"The planes turned around.

"And the attack on the Liberty continued."

Had the F4s not turned around they would have arrived before the heroic Jews on three torpedo boats and dozens of US lives would have been spared.

Israel?s Attack on the USS Liberty, Revisited » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

 

[docmauser1]

Correction... Most Americans who are aware of the incident and understand something about the details of the event remain unconvinced...

Except for every single surviving eyewitness.

Who has yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception, of course.

 

[georgephillip]

Correction... Most Americans who are aware of the incident and understand something about the details of the event remain unconvinced...

Except for every single surviving eyewitness.

Who has yet to discover how neural networks create self-consciousness, let alone how the human brain processes two-dimensional retinal images into the three-dimensional phenomenon known as perception, of course.

"More proof has recently come to light from the Israeli side.

"A few years after Attack on the Liberty was originally published, Ennes got a call from Evan Toni, an Israeli pilot.

"Toni told Ennes that he had just read his book and wanted to tell him his story.

"Toni said that he was the pilot in the first Israeli Mirage fighter to reach the Liberty.

"He immediately recognized the ship to be a US Navy vessel.

"He radioed Israeli air command with this information and asked for instructions.

"Toni said he was ordered to 'attack'.

"He refused and flew back to the air base at Ashdod.

"When he arrived he was summarily arrested for disobeying orders."

Israel?s Attack on the USS Liberty, Revisited » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

'Jew battin' a thousand on this one, Drivel.
Better work on your neural networks.

 

[docmauser1]

"At approximately 1050 hours, the naval observer from the early morning reconnaissance flight arrived at Israeli air force HQ and sat down with the air-naval liaison officer there.
"The two officers consulted Jane's Fighting Ships and learned that the ship reported earlier in the day was USS Liberty, a United States Navy technical research ship.[14]
My biggest question today is this: on which side of the Atlantic was the scheme hatched?

Elders of zion operating a mind-bending radar out the area 51, of course.

"The Liberty’s radio team tried to issue a distress call, but discovered the frequencies had been jammed by the Israeli planes with what one communications specialist called 'a buzzsaw sound'. "Finally, an open channel was found and the Liberty got out a message to the USS America, the Sixth Fleet’s large aircraft carrier, that it was under attack."

The jamming stories are particularly interesting. The claim every Liberty frequency was jammed proves the attack was deliberate and well planned. Considering the state of the art, especially for airborne jammers, this would have been quite a feat. When I spoke to Captain McGonagle the morning of 9 June 1967, he made no mention of jamming. No other fleet units reported it. We now know an EC-121 was in the area and filed no reports of jamming. When ship's company was able to get the transmitter on the right frequency (see the testimony of Chief Wayne Smith, RMC on 14 June 1967) they were able to get out almost immediately. Some jamming.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0"]Jamming[/ame]

 

[georgephillip]

Elders of zion operating a mind-bending radar out the area 51, of course.

"The Liberty’s radio team tried to issue a distress call, but discovered the frequencies had been jammed by the Israeli planes with what one communications specialist called 'a buzzsaw sound'. "Finally, an open channel was found and the Liberty got out a message to the USS America, the Sixth Fleet’s large aircraft carrier, that it was under attack."

The jamming stories are particularly interesting. The claim every Liberty frequency was jammed proves the attack was deliberate and well planned. Considering the state of the art, especially for airborne jammers, this would have been quite a feat. When I spoke to Captain McGonagle the morning of 9 June 1967, he made no mention of jamming. No other fleet units reported it. We now know an EC-121 was in the area and filed no reports of jamming. When ship's company was able to get the transmitter on the right frequency (see the testimony of Chief Wayne Smith, RMC on 14 June 1967) they were able to get out almost immediately. Some jamming.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0"]Jamming[/ame]

"My assignment was to interview survivors regarding the attack, make a cursory damage assessment, and draft the first reports from the scene to CTG60.1.

"Knowing that Captain McGonagle had been wounded, I went first to the wardroom, assuming it would be sickbay, or that from there I could be directed to where the captain was.

"The wardroom was empty, the forward bulkhead riddled with dozens of holes from cannon fire. The morning light shone through holes and a slight smell of cordite hung in the air.

"I went aft, heading for crew's mess, and alternate sickbay. I found the ship's doctor tending to torn and broken men, their bodies covering most of the tables. Still searching for Captain McGonagle, I was directed back to the bridge.

"En route I passed the CT spaces where the torpedo had struck. The explosion should have sunk the Liberty. The fact that it hit a major cross member rather than penetrating the hull was all that saved the ship.

"Inspecting the place of the explosion 18 hours after the event was a trauma.

"Knowing that the bodies of a dozen or more men were still in the space made reporting on the damage that much more daunting.

"Viewing the space from above was imprecise, but the hole implied that the ship's side was blown out, probably all the way down to the stem. The ship was in danger of breaking in half, a truly catastrophic failure."

Not unlike yours, Drivel.

The Liberty Incident: Letter to Editor of the US Naval Institute <i>Proceedings</i><br />(Stewart Harris)

 

[Kondor3]

"...Had the F4s not turned around they would have arrived before the heroic Jews on three torpedo boats and dozens of US lives would have been spared..."

These F4s had nuclear-arms only, correct?

If true, then...

Had I been MacNamara, and heard that we'd just scrambled a couple of F4's into a 'hot zone' that nothing but nukes on-board, I'd have told the Navy to get those F4s back to the carrier ASAP, as well.

Now, had they been equipped with anti-aircraft and air-to-surface missiles, I would have let them proceed into the 'hot zone'.

It is the fault of the carrier-commander(s) that they had nothing 'up-top' and ready to launch, which was suitable for an air-interdiction or water-interdiction mission, and, further, their fault, as well, that they either (1) wasted time by launching planes that might be recalled or (2) wasted time by not preparing more suitable birds for launch, once the nuke-armed ones had catapulted off the deck.

 

[georgephillip]

"...Had the F4s not turned around they would have arrived before the heroic Jews on three torpedo boats and dozens of US lives would have been spared..."

These F4s had nuclear-arms only, correct?

If true, then...

Had I been MacNamara, and heard that we'd just scrambled a couple of F4's into a 'hot zone' that nothing but nukes on-board, I'd have told the Navy to get those F4s back to the carrier ASAP, as well.

Now, had they been equipped with anti-aircraft and air-to-surface missiles, I would have let them proceed into the 'hot zone'.

It is the fault of the carrier-commander(s) that they had nothing 'up-top' and ready to launch, which was suitable for an air-interdiction or water-interdiction mission, and, further, their fault, as well, that they either (1) wasted time by launching planes that might be recalled or (2) wasted time by not preparing more suitable birds for launch, once the nuke-armed ones had catapulted off the deck.

There's quite a bit of confusion over the initial rescue attempt, Kondor.
Here are a pair of principals to that days action relating their version:

"U.S. rescue attempts: At least two rescue attempts were launched from U.S. aircraft carriers nearby but were recalled, according to the Liberty's senior Naval Security Group officer, Lieutenant Commander David Lewis.

"Lewis made an audio recording and later wrote about a meeting 6th Fleet Rear Admiral Lawrence Geis requested in his cabins: 'He told me that since I was the senior Liberty survivor on board he wanted to tell me in confidence what had actually transpired. He told me that upon receipt of our SOS, aircraft were launched to come to our assistance and then Washington was notified. He said that the Secretary of Defense (Robert McNamara) had ordered that the aircraft be returned to the carrier, which was done.

"'RADM Geis then said that he speculated that Washington may have suspected that the aircraft carried nuclear weapons so he put together another flight of conventional aircraft that had no capability of carrying nuclear weapons.

"'These he launched to assist us and again notified Washington of his actions. Again McNamara ordered the aircraft recalled. He requested confirmation of the order being unable to believe that Washington would let us sink.

"'This time President Johnson ordered the recall with the comment that he did not care if every man drowned and the ship sank, but that he would not embarrass his allies. This is, to the best of my ability, what I recall transpiring 30 years ago.'"

USS Liberty incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sally]

"...Had the F4s not turned around they would have arrived before the heroic Jews on three torpedo boats and dozens of US lives would have been spared..."

These F4s had nuclear-arms only, correct?

If true, then...

Had I been MacNamara, and heard that we'd just scrambled a couple of F4's into a 'hot zone' that nothing but nukes on-board, I'd have told the Navy to get those F4s back to the carrier ASAP, as well.

Now, had they been equipped with anti-aircraft and air-to-surface missiles, I would have let them proceed into the 'hot zone'.

It is the fault of the carrier-commander(s) that they had nothing 'up-top' and ready to launch, which was suitable for an air-interdiction or water-interdiction mission, and, further, their fault, as well, that they either (1) wasted time by launching planes that might be recalled or (2) wasted time by not preparing more suitable birds for launch, once the nuke-armed ones had catapulted off the deck.

You have to remember, Kondor, that the Liberty incident has to be dug up from time to time by the anti-Semites. The readers of forums probably have seen it dug up 10,000 times or more by now. Meanwhile, members of the Navy who were in at the time of the incident are not obsessing over the Liberty, but what the terrorists are doing nowadays, of which Mr. George has no interest. I would have thought that Mr. Georgie, living in an Hispanic neighborhood, would have been invited to at least some of the apartments of his Mexican neighbors for their traditional tamales on Christmas Day instead of once again dragging up the Liberty incident.

 

[rhodescholar]

My biggest question today is this: on which side of the Atlantic was the scheme hatched?

So this idiot's OP utterly failed, its personal attacks failed, the nakba nonsense failed, so now its throwing out the kitchen sink with the USS Liberty conspiracy theory garbage that's been de-bunked long ago to try and keep deflecting the beating it is taking in this thread. Next we'll be hearing about how israel is sending in radioactive waves into gaza to give the people cancer there, or whatever other nonsense this moron can come up with.

 

[rhodescholar]

You have to remember, Kondor, that the Liberty incident has to be dug up from time to time by the anti-Semites. The readers of forums probably have seen it dug up 10,000 times or more by now. Meanwhile, members of the Navy who were in at the time of the incident are not obsessing over the Liberty, but what the terrorists are doing nowadays, of which Mr. George has no interest. I would have thought that Mr. Georgie, living in an Hispanic neighborhood, would have been invited to at least some of the apartments of his Mexican neighbors for their traditional tamales on Christmas Day instead of once again dragging up the Liberty incident.

Feeding the troll is a pointless exercise. It's is more likely they are mentally ill as no sane/rational person would spend day after day attacking jews/israel on internet forums, for hours at a time. The LA location makes me think it might be connected to one of the white supremacist groups there, often found in the dana rohrbacher neck of the woods.

 

[georgephillip]

You have to remember, Kondor, that the Liberty incident has to be dug up from time to time by the anti-Semites. The readers of forums probably have seen it dug up 10,000 times or more by now. Meanwhile, members of the Navy who were in at the time of the incident are not obsessing over the Liberty, but what the terrorists are doing nowadays, of which Mr. George has no interest. I would have thought that Mr. Georgie, living in an Hispanic neighborhood, would have been invited to at least some of the apartments of his Mexican neighbors for their traditional tamales on Christmas Day instead of once again dragging up the Liberty incident.

Feeding the troll is a pointless exercise. It's is more likely they are mentally ill as no sane/rational person would spend day after day attacking jews/israel on internet forums, for hours at a time. The LA location makes me think it might be connected to one of the white supremacist groups there, often found in the dana rohrbacher neck of the woods.

USS Liberty: Contact Page

 

[Indeependent]

My biggest question today is this: on which side of the Atlantic was the scheme hatched?

So this idiot's OP utterly failed, its personal attacks failed, the nakba nonsense failed, so now its throwing out the kitchen sink with the USS Liberty conspiracy theory garbage that's been de-bunked long ago to try and keep deflecting the beating it is taking in this thread. Next we'll be hearing about how israel is sending in radioactive waves into gaza to give the people cancer there, or whatever other nonsense this moron can come up with.

Is this forum big enough for more than one comedian?
OMG! I so look forward to your postings!

 

[georgephillip]

My biggest question today is this: on which side of the Atlantic was the scheme hatched?

So this idiot's OP utterly failed, its personal attacks failed, the nakba nonsense failed, so now its throwing out the kitchen sink with the USS Liberty conspiracy theory garbage that's been de-bunked long ago to try and keep deflecting the beating it is taking in this thread. Next we'll be hearing about how israel is sending in radioactive waves into gaza to give the people cancer there, or whatever other nonsense this moron can come up with.

Is this forum big enough for more than one comedian?
OMG! I so look forward to your postings!

Enjoy, Clown!

USS Liberty Witnesses

 

[ForeverYoung436]

So this idiot's OP utterly failed, its personal attacks failed, the nakba nonsense failed, so now its throwing out the kitchen sink with the USS Liberty conspiracy theory garbage that's been de-bunked long ago to try and keep deflecting the beating it is taking in this thread. Next we'll be hearing about how israel is sending in radioactive waves into gaza to give the people cancer there, or whatever other nonsense this moron can come up with.

Is this forum big enough for more than one comedian?
OMG! I so look forward to your postings!

Enjoy, Clown!

USS Liberty Witnesses

You just know they're becoming desperate when the Liberty is brought up. Georgie is the same guy who questioned why Israel protected itself from the flotilla on American Memorial Day, which is just another day in the Middle East, and which happened to be the day Israel was attacked by Turkey.

 

[georgephillip]

Is this forum big enough for more than one comedian?
OMG! I so look forward to your postings!

Enjoy, Clown!

USS Liberty Witnesses

You just know they're becoming desperate when the Liberty is brought up. Georgie is the same guy who questioned why Israel protected itself from the flotilla on American Memorial Day, which is just another day in the Middle East, and which happened to be the day Israel was attacked by Turkey.

"' . . . an act of military recklessness reflecting wanton disregard for human life.'

"Then Secretary of State Dean Rusk in a 10 June 1967 diplomatic note to the Israeli Ambassador.

"But I was never satisfied with the Israeli explanation. Their sustained attack to disable and sink Liberty precluded an assault by accident or some trigger-happy local commander. Through diplomatic channels we refused to accept their explanations. I didn't believe them then, and I don't believe them to this day. The attack was outrageous.'"

"Rusk, As I Saw It, W.W.Norton, 1990. p 388"

USS Liberty Memorial: Quotes Main Page

We know Israel never deserves condemnation for any crime it commits, don't we?

 

[rhodescholar]

We know Israel never deserves condemnation for any crime it commits, don't we?

Keep on trolling, dimwit...

 

[docmauser1]

"The Liberty’s radio team tried to issue a distress call, but discovered the frequencies had been jammed by the Israeli planes with what one communications specialist called 'a buzzsaw sound'. "Finally, an open channel was found and the Liberty got out a message to the USS America, the Sixth Fleet’s large aircraft carrier, that it was under attack."

The jamming stories are particularly interesting. The claim every Liberty frequency was jammed proves the attack was deliberate and well planned. Considering the state of the art, especially for airborne jammers, this would have been quite a feat. When I spoke to Captain McGonagle the morning of 9 June 1967, he made no mention of jamming. No other fleet units reported it. We now know an EC-121 was in the area and filed no reports of jamming. When ship's company was able to get the transmitter on the right frequency (see the testimony of Chief Wayne Smith, RMC on 14 June 1967) they were able to get out almost immediately. Some jamming.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0"]Jamming[/ame]

"My assignment was to interview survivors regarding the attack, make a cursory damage assessment, and draft the first reports from the scene to CTG60.1.
"Knowing that Captain McGonagle had been wounded, I went first to the wardroom, assuming it would be sickbay, or that from there I could be directed to where the captain was.
"The wardroom was empty, the forward bulkhead riddled with dozens of holes from cannon fire. The morning light shone through holes and a slight smell of cordite hung in the air.
"I went aft, heading for crew's mess, and alternate sickbay. I found the ship's doctor tending to torn and broken men, their bodies covering most of the tables. Still searching for Captain McGonagle, I was directed back to the bridge.
"En route I passed the CT spaces where the torpedo had struck. The explosion should have sunk the Liberty. The fact that it hit a major cross member rather than penetrating the hull was all that saved the ship.
"Inspecting the place of the explosion 18 hours after the event was a trauma.
"Knowing that the bodies of a dozen or more men were still in the space made reporting on the damage that much more daunting.
"Viewing the space from above was imprecise, but the hole implied that the ship's side was blown out, probably all the way down to the stem. The ship was in danger of breaking in half, a truly catastrophic failure."

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0"]Jamming?[/ame]

 

[georgephillip]

The jamming stories are particularly interesting. The claim every Liberty frequency was jammed proves the attack was deliberate and well planned. Considering the state of the art, especially for airborne jammers, this would have been quite a feat. When I spoke to Captain McGonagle the morning of 9 June 1967, he made no mention of jamming. No other fleet units reported it. We now know an EC-121 was in the area and filed no reports of jamming. When ship's company was able to get the transmitter on the right frequency (see the testimony of Chief Wayne Smith, RMC on 14 June 1967) they were able to get out almost immediately. Some jamming.
Jamming

"My assignment was to interview survivors regarding the attack, make a cursory damage assessment, and draft the first reports from the scene to CTG60.1.
"Knowing that Captain McGonagle had been wounded, I went first to the wardroom, assuming it would be sickbay, or that from there I could be directed to where the captain was.
"The wardroom was empty, the forward bulkhead riddled with dozens of holes from cannon fire. The morning light shone through holes and a slight smell of cordite hung in the air.
"I went aft, heading for crew's mess, and alternate sickbay. I found the ship's doctor tending to torn and broken men, their bodies covering most of the tables. Still searching for Captain McGonagle, I was directed back to the bridge.
"En route I passed the CT spaces where the torpedo had struck. The explosion should have sunk the Liberty. The fact that it hit a major cross member rather than penetrating the hull was all that saved the ship.
"Inspecting the place of the explosion 18 hours after the event was a trauma.
"Knowing that the bodies of a dozen or more men were still in the space made reporting on the damage that much more daunting.
"Viewing the space from above was imprecise, but the hole implied that the ship's side was blown out, probably all the way down to the stem. The ship was in danger of breaking in half, a truly catastrophic failure."

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0"]Jamming?[/ame]

"Jamming: During U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry testimony, Wayne L. Smith, Radioman Chief, testified: '... We did have [radio frequency] jamming in my estimation. I was unable to determine this exactly, but every time it seems when an attack was made on us, or a strafing run, it was preceded by, anywhere from 25 to 30 seconds, carrier on our HICOM circuit, and I had ascertained to check this by calling the transmitter room and they said that they had not keyed the transmitter. This prevailed during the attack and quite a bit after the attack, intermittently.'

"In a U.S. Navy message dated 11 July 1967, sent by Rear Admiral Kidd (senior member of Naval Court of Inquiry) via the Naval Communications Unit, Naples, Italy to Commander in Chief U.S. Navy Europe and Chief Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Kidd stated, in part: "Liberty reported apparent discriminate jamming on certain CW and voice circuits just before and during each aircraft's individual attack.

"'Effect was to scare mischief out of those below who heard it start, because they knew a rocket or bomb would soon follow.'

"None of the Israeli Defense Forces' investigations or reports confirm or deny radio frequency jamming was performed during or following the attack."

USS Liberty incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Two Silver Stars were awarded for heroism that day, and one of them went to the man who ventured on-deck to jerry-rig an antenna after Jews had deliberately shot up the bridge and communication infrastructure.

 

[aris2chat]

Lieutenant Bennett assumed duties as the ship's communications officer and labored below decks
Irony is that Seaman Larkins operated Mount 51 was awarded for firing on the torpedo boats in violation of Captain's orders and likely cause the deaths of several of the crew.
US Navy could have prevented all the death and damage if they had told Israel they had the US Liberty in those waters when asked.
Israeli planes fired because the USN assured them there were no USS ships in the area.
Every investigation concluded it was an accident, error of identification.

"My assignment was to interview survivors regarding the attack, make a cursory damage assessment, and draft the first reports from the scene to CTG60.1.
"Knowing that Captain McGonagle had been wounded, I went first to the wardroom, assuming it would be sickbay, or that from there I could be directed to where the captain was.
"The wardroom was empty, the forward bulkhead riddled with dozens of holes from cannon fire. The morning light shone through holes and a slight smell of cordite hung in the air.
"I went aft, heading for crew's mess, and alternate sickbay. I found the ship's doctor tending to torn and broken men, their bodies covering most of the tables. Still searching for Captain McGonagle, I was directed back to the bridge.
"En route I passed the CT spaces where the torpedo had struck. The explosion should have sunk the Liberty. The fact that it hit a major cross member rather than penetrating the hull was all that saved the ship.
"Inspecting the place of the explosion 18 hours after the event was a trauma.
"Knowing that the bodies of a dozen or more men were still in the space made reporting on the damage that much more daunting.
"Viewing the space from above was imprecise, but the hole implied that the ship's side was blown out, probably all the way down to the stem. The ship was in danger of breaking in half, a truly catastrophic failure."

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0"]Jamming?[/ame]

"Jamming: During U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry testimony, Wayne L. Smith, Radioman Chief, testified: '... We did have [radio frequency] jamming in my estimation. I was unable to determine this exactly, but every time it seems when an attack was made on us, or a strafing run, it was preceded by, anywhere from 25 to 30 seconds, carrier on our HICOM circuit, and I had ascertained to check this by calling the transmitter room and they said that they had not keyed the transmitter. This prevailed during the attack and quite a bit after the attack, intermittently.'

"In a U.S. Navy message dated 11 July 1967, sent by Rear Admiral Kidd (senior member of Naval Court of Inquiry) via the Naval Communications Unit, Naples, Italy to Commander in Chief U.S. Navy Europe and Chief Naval Operations, Rear Admiral Kidd stated, in part: "Liberty reported apparent discriminate jamming on certain CW and voice circuits just before and during each aircraft's individual attack.

"'Effect was to scare mischief out of those below who heard it start, because they knew a rocket or bomb would soon follow.'

"None of the Israeli Defense Forces' investigations or reports confirm or deny radio frequency jamming was performed during or following the attack."

USS Liberty incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Two Silver Stars were awarded for heroism that day, and one of them went to the man who ventured on-deck to jerry-rig an antenna after Jews had deliberately shot up the bridge and communication infrastructure.