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The USS Liberty was a US Navy ship steaming on a lawful mission in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea when she was attacked without warning or provocation by a hostile force using aircraft and motor torpedo boats on June 8, 1967. 34 Americans were killed and 174 more were wounded during the attack. The armed force attacking the ship used unmarked aircraft. The armed force attacking the ship jammed the USS Liberty's radios on both US Navy tactical and international maritime distress frequencies. The attacking torpedo boats slowly circled the burning and torpedoed ship while MTB personnel fired on USS Liberty personnel who either were trapped topside or who ventured topside to help their wounded shipmates. Two flights of rescue aircraft that had been launched from Sixth Fleet aircraft carriers were recalled while the Liberty was still under attack and calling for help. In all likelihood those aircraft would have a...
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