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kevin l johnson
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Username: lawry
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 2:31 am: | 
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is the us liberty still afloat anywhere she was the us spy shipattacked by the Isrealis in 1967 |
Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 7287
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2003 - 3:02 am: |
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Sorry, but the USS Libety (AGTR-5) no longer exists. The ship was decommissioned on 28 January 1968 and sold for scrap. You can read a little more on this ship at http://www.ussliberty.org/theship.txt
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 29734
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 5:49 am: |
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From The State:
Deadly attack is personal for S.C. author
quote:Jim Kavanagh was scraping and repainting a satellite dish atop the USS Liberty when an Israeli plane flew overhead on June 8, 1967. The 19-year-old seaman waved to the allied aircraft before heading below deck to shower off sweat and sea salt.
Little did he know the Liberty was moments away from a bewildering ambush that would kill 34 U.S. sailors. More than 42 years later, the Israeli attack — the subject of a new book by a first-time S.C. author — is a continual source of frustration for Kavanagh and two other Carolinians who survived the incident.
More at http://www.thestate.com/local/story/912862.html
Comment: These men won't forget, won't forgive, and one can't blame them.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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