[bitt]

Israel attacks USS Liberty

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/israel-attacks-uss-liberty
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thanks for this!! I was a callow yute at the time and unaware..

[mbrfl]

Tragic. Here’s an interesting tidbit from the article:

“Eventually, the ship was able to make contact with the U.S. carrier Saratoga, and 12 fighter jets and four tanker planes were dispatched to defend the Liberty. When word of their deployment reached Washington, however, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ordered them recalled to the carrier, and they never reached the Liberty.”