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USS Liberty Document Center

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  • Claims, Fact, and Comment, by Richard “Rocky” Sturman, (Mr. Sturman was a Radioman 2nd Class, E-5, onboard USS Liberty, on June 8, 1967
  • CIA USS Liberty Report
  • Congressional Record: Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty, the Recall of Military Rescue Support Aircraft while the Ship was Under attack, and the Subsequent Cover-Up by the United States Government. Dated October 11, 2004.
  • A Juridical Examination of the Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty, Naval Law Review, Vol 36, Winter, 1986.
  • Review of “The Liberty Incident Revealed: The Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship” by A. Jay Cristol
  • The Alternate Record and Analysis to, “Liberty Incident Revealed, the Definitive Account of the 1967 Israeli Attack on the US Navy Spy Ship”, by A Jay Cristol (Naval Institute Press, 2013) by Dr. Anthony Wells
  • Declaration of the late Captain Ward Boston, Jr, Captain JAGC, US Navy (retired) dated January 8, 2004
  • Moshe Dayan and the Attack on the United States Ship LIBERTY
  • Book Review by Thomas Schaaf entitled, “Don’t Give Up the Ship”, reviewing The Attack on the Liberty, The Untold Story of Israel’s Deadly 1967 Assault on a US Spy Ship, by James Scott, New York, Simon and Schuster, 2009
  • United States Naval Academy Class of 1953 – various letters on the attack on the USS LIBERTY – signed by the Class President, Lt. Colonel David B. Jones, USAF (ret) to: Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, dated September 24, 2009, and his response dated October 30, 2009; to General James Jones, USMC, at the White House, dated September 24, 2009; to Admiral Mike Mullen, USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dated September 24, 2009
  • US Army War College, Carlisle, PA: Assault on the USS Liberty: Deliberate Action or Tragic Accident, by Colonel Peyton E. Smith, US Army, (US Army War College Class of 2007), 2007
  • Proceedings of the US Naval Institute, March 2005: Liberty Victims Did not Die in Vain, by Anthony R. Wells
  • Proceedings of the US Naval Institute, June 2003: Friendless Fire, by David C. Walsh.
  • Professional Paper Number 204, October 1977, US Center for Naval Analyses: The 1967 June War: Soviet Naval Diplomacy and the Sixth Fleet – a Reappraisal. By Dr. Anthony R. Wells
  • A Report: War Crimes Committed Against US Military Personnel, June 8, 1967, submitted to the Secretary of the Army in his capacity as Executive Agent for the Secretary of Defense, June 8, 2005
  • Speech by Dr. Anthony Wells, Middle East Expert and specialist on the 1967 June War and US Naval Operations, at the USS LIBERTY Veterans Association dinner, June 10, 2007, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the attack on the USS LIBERTY.
  • Email from Commander David Lewis, USN (ret), USS LIBERTY survivor and distinguished US Navy cryptologist, to Commander Tom Schaaf, USN (ret), distinguished US Naval aviator
  • Remarks by Commander Thomas Schaaf, USN (ret), at the dedicated of the USS LIBERTY Plaque, Navy and Marine Corps Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland, dated June 9, 2007
  • Letter from the Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters to Rear Admiral Clarence Hill, USS LIBERTY Alliance, dated May 15, 2006
  • Letter from Captain H.H. Dronberger, JAGC, USN, Assistant Judge Advocate General, to the Honorable John Warner, US Senate, dated January 11, 2006
  • Memorandum for Senator John Warner of Virginia by Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, dated September 2, 2005
  • Declaration of Captain Ward Bond, Jr, Captain JAGC, USN (ret), dated January 8, 2004- former Senior Counsel to the USS LIBERTY Court of Inquiry
  • Letter from Senator John Warner, Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services, to Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, JAGC, USN (Ret), dates February 22, 2006,- supports filing of a formal War Crime Report – “…..and view that as an appropriate course of action.”
  • Submission by the USS Liberty Alliance signed by Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, USN, retired Judge Advocate General of the Navy and retired Rear Admiral Clarence (Mark) Hill, naval aviator, to the Honorable John Warner, US Senate, and Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, July 22, 2006
  • Submission by the USS Liberty Alliance signed by Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, USN, retired Judge Advocate General of the Navy
  • USS Liberty Alliance letter by Rear Admiral Merlin Staring dated September 30, 2006
  • Submission by the USS Liberty Alliance signed by Rear Admiral Merlin Staring, USN, retired Judge Advocate General of the Navy and retired Rear Admiral Clarence (Mark) Hill, naval aviator, to the Secretary of the US Army, the Honorable Francis Harvey, April 20, 2006
  • Letter to the Honorable Rob Simmons, US House of Representatives, from Assistant Judge Advocate General, Civil Law, March 16, 2005
  • Findings of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli attack on USS LIBERTY, Chairman Admiral Thomas Moorer, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, October 22, 2003
  • Moshe Dayan and the Attack on the United States Ship LIBERTY
  • Sensitive CIA document from Tel-Aviv, October, 1967- Dyan ordered the attack on USS LIBERTY
  • Commander-in-Chief US Naval Forces Europe to Judge Advocate General, June 18, 1967
  • Prelude and Dedication
US Government Documents ex-DoD

US Government Documents ex-DoD

US Government Investigations of the USS Liberty Attack
  • US Government Investigations of the Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty
State Department
  • State Department Documents
National Archives and Records Administration
  • National Archives and Records Administration
Congressional Research Service
  • Congressional Research Service
Congressional Letters
  • Letter From Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) Supporting the Continued Classification of Facts About the USS Liberty Attack That We Have Been Speaking Publicly About Since the Publication of “Assault on the Liberty” in 1979.
Congressional Historians
  • Congressional Historians
Central Intelligence Agency
  • Central Intelligence Agency
The Liberty Incident

The Liberty Incident

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NSA

NSA

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Newspaper Articles

Newspaper Articles

  • “But Sir, It’s An American Ship” Ha’aretz 7/11/17
  • Chicago Tribune Article October 2, 2007
James M Ennes Jr Research Papers

James M Ennes Jr Research Papers

  • Assault on the Liberty Research Papers
Israeli Participants

Israeli Participants

  • Statement by Rami Rephaeli Commander IN (Ret)
Israeli Archives Documents

Israeli Archives Documents

  • “The file contains correspondence, telegrams and documents from the US Department of Foreign Affairs and Embassy regarding the Liberty incident and the attack on the American ship by Israeli ships and aircraft. The file contains correspondence and documents from the investigative committees, draft conclusions and more”
  • “The case contains reports and reports from the US State Department’s representative on diplomatic activity with US government officials, at the end of the Six-Day War and the period”
  • “Telegrams on various issues including the issue of US and UK governments’ attitude towards the Six Day War and the situation immediately afterwards (including a British request to consider King Hussein), contacts with the Americans regarding a ceasefire, and Liberty incident.”
  • “In a variety of documents, both from the Israeli government and the Israeli foreign ministry, and from the US government, regarding the Liberty ship incident in the Six Day War. Also in various legal documents.”
  • “The file contains documents dealing with the negotiations between Israel and the United States regarding the compensation of those killed in Liberty Ship”
  • “Press clippings about the war”
  • “Minutes of the Government Meeting Settlement Minutes – 29 June 1967 – 29.6.67”
  • “In the file of correspondence, documents and public inquiries that reached the Prime Minister’s Office at the time, Levi Eshkol. In the case you can find inquiries from abroad, newspaper clippings from the period and more. Also in the case you can find correspondence”
  • “Minutes No. 68 of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, held on Thursday – September 7, (1967, at 1500 (1500”
Department of Defense

Department of Defense

US Navy
    US Navy Judge Advocate General
    • OPNAVINST 5800.7 Victim and Witness Assistance Program
US Army War College
  • ATTACK ON THE USS LIBERTY: A STAB AT THE TRUTH by CDR Mark A. Stroh, USN
  • ASSAULT ON THE USS LIBERTY: DELIBERATE ACTION OR TRAGIC ACCIDENT? BY COLONEL PEYTON E. SMITH United States Army
  • ATTACK ON THE USS LIBERTY: A STAB AT THE TRUTH by CDR Mark A. Stroh, USN
DD1300 Report of Casualty
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Curtis Graves
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Jerry Goss
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Robert Eisenberg
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Allen Converse
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Ronnie Campbell
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Frank Brown
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Gary Blanchard
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-William Allenbaugh
  • DD1300 Report of Casualty-Philip Armstrong
Damage Photos

Damage Photos

  • Damage Photos
American Veteran Associations

American Veteran Associations

  • Letter from the Jewish War Veterans
  • The American Legion Congressional Charter
  • The American Legion Resolution 508 Recision – Redacted
  • The American Legion Resolution 40
  • American Legion Refuses to Rent Booth to LVA for 2018 National Convention
  • AL 1984 Resolution 7-The Rescission That Wasn’t a Rescission
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Newspaper Articles

  • “But Sir, It’s An American Ship” Ha’aretz 7/11/17
  • Chicago Tribune Article October 2, 2007
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