NORFOLK, Va. — This weekend, veterans gathered in Norfolk to mark a somber anniversary — 58 years since the USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli forces, killing 34 American sailors. The Liberty ...
Today marks the 56th anniversary of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, which has been described by too many U.S. and Israeli accounts as an accident. In fact, the attack took place after eight ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach rabbi is calling on organizers of an upcoming USS Liberty reunion to reconsider allowing controversial figures to attend, citing concerns over antisemitism. The ...
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – A memorial gathering by a veterans’ association scheduled for next month in downtown Norfolk is drawing ire online and in the community after a flyer circulated on social media ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. — With the Memorial Day Weekend we have an unusual story about an attack on a U.S. Navy ship called the USS Liberty. It happened back in June of 1967 and it is connected to the USS ...
NORFOLK, Va. — The Liberty Veterans Association, a group dedicated to seeking justice for and honoring the memory of the 34 Sailors killed by a 1967 attack on the USS Liberty by the Israeli Defense ...
The USS Liberty was a floating CIA intelligence gathering platform monitoring all transmissions from all sources involved in the 1967 Six Day War. Israeli progress was followed as well as the Arab ...
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On this date in history: In 1789, James Madison proposed the Bill of Rights, which led to the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In 1869, Ives McGaffney of Chicago obtained a patent for a ...
With outbreak of Six-Day War on June 5, 1967, Captain McGonagle of USS Liberty requests headquarters send escort destroyer. Following day, June 6, he receives response “request denied” with promise of ...
On June 8, 1967, 37 Americans were killed and 171 crewmen injured in an attack on the USS Liberty 25 miles north of the Sanai peninsula by the Israeli Defense Forces. The Israelis apologized and ...