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The Link ArchivesTitle: The USS Liberty Affair About This Issue The story of the USS Liberty, like the ship itself, will not, it seems, simply roll over and die. The Israelis could not sink the Liberty, even after two hours of trying, first by high-performance jet aircraft, then by slower, more maneuverable jets carrying napalm, then by torpedo boats. They did leave 34 Americans dead and 171 wounded and they did blast a 40-foot hole in the ship’s side along with 821 rocket and machinegun holes. But the ship stayed afloat. Israel claimed it was a case of mistaken identification. Our Government concurred. An organization has been formed by the survivors, whose eye-witness accounts belie the Israeli claims; a full-length movie is in the making, and recent books by investigative journalists, privy to previously undisclosed files, have implicated the Johnson Administration in a rude subterfuge. This issue examines in detail both the assault and the subsequent reaction by our Government and the U.S. media. The author, Jim Ennes, was the lieutenant on watch at the time of the attack and is the author of a widely acclaimed book on the subject. Before going to press we learned that Atlantic Monthly, in a summer 1984 issue, will carry an article on the Liberty reflecting the Israeli side of the story. Hopefully, a serious public discussion will now begin.--John F. Mahoney, Executive Director, May 1984 Contents
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