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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 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

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The Liberty Incident

The Liberty Incident

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

James M Ennes Jr Research Papers

Assault on the Liberty Research Papers

Israeli Participants

Statement by Rami Rephaeli Commander IN (Ret)

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

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

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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