Today, June 8, 1967 the USS Liberty and her crew were attacked by Israel in International Waters. The attack lasted for hours with no help arriving from US Air Force carriers that were close by. Although the Air Force tried mightily to come to their brothers aid, then President Lyndon Baines Johnson, serving at Commander In Chief, ordered the air force to “cut her wings”.

It wasn’t until a Russian ship hearing the mayday calls arrived upon the brutal attack that it ceased. [Read more…]