On June 8, 1967, 34 American servicemen were killed and 174 were wounded during an Israeli attack on the USS Liberty. According to former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Thomas Moorer, “Those men were then betrayed and left to die by our own government.” The survivors are still awaiting justice. Rest In Peace LT James Cecil Pierce, USN, 649805/6462 Born 11 July 1924, Clinton, North Carolina Active duty since 6 August 1941 Wife: Pauline M. Pierce, Virginia Beach (died later) Parents: deceased Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces while destroying registered publications Wife: died soon after. Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, grave 8576R, Section 13 Jerry Leroy Converse, June 11, 1943 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Jerry Leroy Converse, USN, 794 79 44 Born 11 June 1943, Puyallup, Washington Active duty since 1 February 1965 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Ray Converse, Iowa Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, Iowa, Plot Blk 2N, Lot 15, grave 4 Thomas Ray Thornton, February 1, 1944 - June 8, 1967 CT3 Thomas Ray Thornton, USN, 997 97 91 Born 1 Febuary 1944, Springfield, Ohio Active duty since 27 July 1965 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Ray Thornton, Springfield, Ohio Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces - body recovered later Buried: Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio. Francis Brown, May 6, 1947 - June 8, 1967 QM3 Francis Brown, USN, 778 76 70 Born 6 May 1947, Albany, New York Active duty since 6 August 1964 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wade Brown, Troy, NY Died on bridge while operating the helm James Lee Lenau, January 9, 1947 - June 8, 1967 CTSN James Lee Lenau, USN, 997 56 58 Born 9 January 1947, Washington, Missouri Active duty since 24 September 1965 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Leander J. Lenau, Union, MO Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces in forward typewriter repair shop Curtis Alan Graves, February 10, 1943 - June 8, 1967 CT1 Curtis Alan Graves, USN, 519 58 24 Born 10 February 1943, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Active duty since 22 August 1961 Mother: Florence McCullum Graves, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Father: deceased Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #3773, Section 67 Remembrance: Memorial display planned for Military and Space Museum, Frankenmuth, Michigan (dedication summer 1990). Remembrance: Graves Hall (barracks) in Pensacola, Florida. PC2 John Clarence Spicher, USN, 473 41 77 Born 15 Febuary 1937, Terentum, Pennsylvania Active duty since 23 September 1954 Wife: Linda Lee Spicher 7901 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, Virginia Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spicher, Brackenridge, PA Hit with rocket on main deck, died receiving emergency aid Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #11362D, Section 13 John Spicher, February 15, 1937 - June 8, 1967 PC2 John Clarence Spicher, USN, 473 41 77 Born 15 Febuary 1937, Terentum, Pennsylvania Active duty since 23 September 1954 Wife: Linda Lee Spicher 7901 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk, Virginia Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John E. Spicher, Brackenridge, PA Hit with rocket on main deck, died receiving emergency aid Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #11362D, Section 13 Philippe Charles Tiedtke, 17 October 1944 - June 8, 1967 CT3 Philippe Charles Tiedtke, USN, 914 32 84 Born 17 October 1944, Santa Cruz, California Active duty since 2 September 1964 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Tiedtke, Modesto, CA Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Lakewood Memorial Park, Hughson, CA Robert Burton Eisenberg, 12 October 1944 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Robert Burton Eisenberg, USN, 776 09 35 Born 12 October 1944, St. Paul, Minnesota Active duty since 3 February 1964 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Benj. Eisenberg, St. Paul, MN Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Duane Marggraf, January 27, 1945 - June 8, 1967 CT3 Duane Rowe Marggraf, USN, 773 96 50 Born 27 January 1945, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Active duty since 6 July 1964 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Carlton H. Marggraf, Fond du Lac, WI Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Remembrance: Brass Marker initially installed at Lakeside Park, Fon du Lac, in the 1980s, later vanished to storage in the basement of a city building. Following protests from local citizens, it was placed on a wall in the Fon du Lac Court House. John Caleb Smith, July 13, 1943 - June 8, 1967 CT1 John Caleb Smith, Jr., USN, 237 77 94 Born 13 July 1943, Ithaca, New York Active duty since 30 June 1961 Wife: Sandra Ann Smith, 203 Wood Street, Ithica, NY Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John Caleb Smith, Sr., Ithica, NY Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Jack Lewis Raper, August 28, 1944 - June 8, 1967 SGT Jack Lewis Raper, USMC, 1994072 Born 28 August 1944, Cedartown, Georgia Active duty since 1 August 1962 Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34 Philip McCutcheon Armstrong July 4, 1929 - June 8, 1967 LCDR Philip McCutcheon Armstrong, Jr., USN, 569825/1100 Born 4 July 1929, Detroit, Michigan Active duty since 5 June 1953 US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Class of 1953 Wife: Marie Kearney Weetie Armstrong, Virginia Beach, VA Father: Philip M.C. Armstrong, Detroit, Michigan Mortally wounded near the bridge attempting to extinguish large fire Died about 4 hours later in battle dressing station Received Navy Cross for heroism during battle Buried: Arlington National Cemetery grave 2096X, Section 3 His wife died in 1988 of cancer. Remembrance: Memorial display: Hall of Heroes, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Memorial display: Military and Space Museum, Frankenmuth, Michigan, dedicated November, 1990, contains his Navy Cross, uniform, story of attack, copy of Ennes book. Lawrence P. Hayden, June 16, 1947 - June 8, 1967 CTSN Lawrence Paul Hayden, USN, B70 53 70 Born 16 June 1947, Houston, Texas Active duty since 2 May 1966 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. James H. Hayden, Houston, Texas Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34 David Skolak, August 12, 1946 - June 8, 1967 ICFN David NMN Skolak, USN, B50 17 83 Born 12 August 1946, Gary, Indiana Active duty since 24 January 1966 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph J. Skolak, Gary, Indiana Died in forward gun mount returning fire Richard W. Keene, October 23, 1945 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Richard Walter Keene, Jr., USN, 778 82 75 Born 23 October 1945, Batavia, New York Active duty since 10 November 1964 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Keene, Sr., Poughkeepsie, NY Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Carl C. Nygren, May 17, 1945 - June 8, 1967 CTSN Carl Christian Nygren, USN, 788 37 16 Born 17 May 1945, Williamsport, Pennsylvania Active duty since 19 August 1965 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Arvid C. Nygren, North Babylon, LI, NY Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34 Frederick James Walton, November 28, 1935 - June 8, 1967 CT1 Frederick James Walton, USN, 236 31 86 Born 28 November 1935, Niagara Falls, New York Active duty since 8 December 1952 Wife: Audry Jane Walton, #3 Deuro Drive, Niagara Falls, NY Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Horace F. Walton, Niagara Falls, NY Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Edward Emory Rehmeyer III, September 25, 1945 - June 8, 1967 CPL Edward Emory Rehmeyer, III, USMC 2120919 Born 25 September 1945, York, Pennsylvania Parents address 10/93: Mr. & Mrs. Ed Rehmeyer, Jr., Shrewsbury, PA 17361 Active duty since 8 October 1964 Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Ronnie Jordon Campbell, November 4, 1942 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Ronnie Jordon Campbell, USN, 586 13 23 Born 4 November 1942, Sevierville, Tennessee Active duty since 6 September 1961 Wife: Elizabeth E. Campbell Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Raymond C. Campbell, Sevierville, Tennessee Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave 1145C, Section 13 Remembrance: Ronnie Campbell Barracks in Edzell, Scotland Alan Higgins, January 27, 1948 - June 8, 1967 CT3 Alan (NMN) Higgins, USN, 788 62 97 Born 27 January 1948, Weymouth, Massachusetts Active duty since 16 September 1965 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur C. Higgins, Dover, Delaware Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #1773, Section 12 Alexander Neil Thompson, Jr., April 5, 1943 - June 8, 1967 GMG3 Alexander Neil Thompson, Jr., USN, 770 47 21 Born 5 April 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active duty since 5 September 1963 Wife: Gail E. Thompson, 4 Crystal Drive, Warwick, Rhode Island Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Alexander A. Thompson, Greely, Pennsylvania Died in forward gun mount Remembrance: Navy gunnery training building for the Aegis system named in his memory in 1990. Jerry Lee Goss, Jr., May 30, 1941 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Jerry Lee Goss, USNR, 773 61 55 Born 30 May 1941, North Vernon, Indiana Active duty since 29 June 1965 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Harry Herschel Goss, North Vernon, IN Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34 James Mahlon Lupton, October 29, 1942 - June 8, 1967 CT1 James Mahlon Lupton, USN, 511 31 28 Born 20 October 1942, Shreveport, Louisiana Active duty since 26 June 1962 Wife: Barbara Joan Lupton, 25E Sobria Loka, Yalova, Turkey Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Knot Lupton, Shreveport, LA Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34 William Bernard Allenbaugh, January 23, 1944 - June 8, 1967 CT3 William Bernard Allenbaugh, USN, 684 49 96 Born 23 January 1944, Baltimore, Maryland Active duty since 10 June 1964 Wife: Sandra Lee Allenbaugh, Lothian, Maryland Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. Francis Allenbaugh, Baltimore, Maryland Memorial: Mr. & Mrs. Allenbaugh presented a memorial plaque to Calvert Hall College, a catholic high school attended by Wm. Allenbaugh, in his memory. Untitled Poem - By William B. Allenbaugh, Jr. This is dedicated to my father, William Bernard Allenbaugh, Sr. killed on the USS LIBERTY, 8 June 1967 Fathers work, To earn their pay, To raise their families, Day by Day. Fathers console their children, When they are sad, They punish their children When they are bad. Some families dont have Fathers, They are killed or die, Some are in prison, Others run away and cry. But without Fathers, Where would we be, Probably swimming out farther, Then drowning, helplessly at sea. Warren Edward Hersey, October 14, 1943 - June 8, 1967 CT1 Warren Edward Hersey, USN, 903 67 11 Born 14 October 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active duty since 4 April 1961 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Warren O. Hersey, Stoneham, Mass. Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Raymond Eugene Linn, June 30, 1928 - June 8, 1967 CTC Raymond Eugene Linn, USN, 571 13 74 Born 30 June 1928, Adamsville, Ohio Active duty since 25 September 1946 Divorced Adopted Daughter: Linda Loucille Linn, Zanesville, Ohio Daughter: Joy (Mrs. Larry R.) Linn Evans, Aurora, Ohio 44202 Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave #1724, Section 12 Remembrance: Linn Barracks in Japan Linn Operations Building in Sugar Grove, West Virginia Gary Ray Blanchard, September 16, 1946 - June 8, 1967 SN Gary Ray Blanchard, USN, 771 77 22 Born 16 September 1946, Wichita, Kansas Active duty since 11 February 1964 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Earl T. Blanchard, Wichita, Kansas Died on operating table 0315 June 9, 1967 Buried: Lakeview Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wichita, Kansas Anthony Peter Mendle, December, 1945 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Anthony Peter Mendle, USN, 777 62 87 Born 4 December 1945, Waterbury, Connecticut Active duty since 11 August 1964 or 1965 (dates conflict) Parents: Mr. & Mrs. John J. Mendle, Glendale, Arizona Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Resthaven Park Cemetary (West), Glendale AZ David W. Marlborough, September 28, 1948 - June 8, 1967 CTSN David Walter Marlborough, USN, B10 04 80 Born 28 September 1948, Waterville, Maine Active duty since 26 July 1966 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Wm. M. Marlborough, Springfield, Mass. Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Mass Grave #1817, Section 34 Carl Lewis Hoar, May 29, 1945 - June 8, 1967 SN Carl Lewis Hoar, USN, 774 46 48 (Shown as Carl Lewis Hoar on list sent for Navy Memorial) (Shown as Carl Louis Hoar on official 1967 final casualty list) Born 29 May 1945, Mount Vernon, Ohio Active duty since 29 November 1963 Parents: Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hoar, Mt. Vernon, Ohio Buried: Mt. Vernon, Ohio Allen Merle Blue, September 5, 1943 - June 8, 1967 CT2 Allen Merle Blue, USNR-R, 391 18 71 Born 5 September 1943, Yakima, Washington Active duty USN from 22 SEP 61 to 21 JAN 66 Serving as a civilian for NSA Parents: Washington State Wife: Patricia Baccus Blue Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Grave 745, Section 48 Stephen Spencer Toth, September 12, 1939 - June 8, 1967 LT Stephen Spencer Toth, USN, 669613/1100 Born 12 September 1939, San Diego, California Active duty since 5 June 1963 US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Class of 1963 Wife: Regina Chermont Toth, US Mission to Brazil Avenida Morambi 3819, Sao Paulo, Brazil Parents: Capt. & Mrs. Joseph C. Toth, USN, Virginia Beach, VA Father: deceased - died about 1968. Died 01 or 02 level, port side, of rocket fire Received Silver Star for heroism during battle Memorial display, Hall of Heroes, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Buried: U. S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland Melvin Douglas Smith, February 27, 1938 - June 8, 1967 CTC Melvin Douglas Smith, USN, 493 95 96 Born 27 February 1938, Alamance, North Carolina Active duty since 4 April 1956 Wife: Judith Ann Smith, 304 Moreno Courts, Warrington, Florida Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Melvin Smith, Alamance, North Carolina Died in Naval Security Group (intelligence) Department spaces Remembrance: Smith Barracks in Florida In May of 1966 Doug received an assignment to sea duty, and he boarded the USS Liberty on May 31, 1966. The family had moved back to North Carolina, and another son, Tim, was born there. The Liberty docked on February 28, 1967, and Doug rushed home to see his youngest son for the first time. Dougs death on the Liberty continues to shiver through the lives of those who loved him. His oldest son, Douglas, recently wrote a poem for his father, Epitaph at Sea with Constellation Above. In the poem, his father disappears, line by line, from the world: Mariner, descend, and the sea conceal bird and sky and the drowned father below, who shall not sing, who shall not rise, but dwells among the abandoned gods, a body unfolding dark, restless and fathoms deep. ______________________________________________________________________ Join the memorial service for the USS Liberty victims on June 8, 2013 at noon at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Please call for an investigation to help bring closure to the sailors and their families who have suffered and felt betrayed by their country for 45 years. Please read some of the articles about the USS Liberty published by the Washington Reportover the past 30 years. On Jan. 12, 2004 the U.S. State Department held a highly charged panel discussion on the attack, and prevented survivors and military experts who played a role in the tragedy from speaking (see Washington Report, March 2004, pages 9-11,wrmea.org/archives/259-washington-report-archives-2000-2005/march-2004/5019-those-not-invited-to-speak-steal-the-show-at-state-department-liberty-discussion.html. It’s past time for a serious discussion with USS Liberty survivors and other experts. It is the least these unsung heroes—and all Americans—deserve. https://facebook/events/186293598165055/ ______________________________________________________________________ A former Navy attorney who helped lead the military investigation of the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 American servicemen says former President Lyndon Johnson and his defense secretary, Robert McNamara, ordered that the inquiry conclude the incident was an accident. In a signed affidavit released at a Capitol Hill news conference, retired Capt. Ward Boston said Johnson and McNamara told those heading the Navys inquiry to conclude that the attack was a case of mistaken identity despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It was “one of the classic all-American cover-ups,” said retired Admiral Thomas Moorer, a former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman who spent a year investigating the attack as part of an independent panel he formed with other former military officials. The panel also included a former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, James Akins. Torpedo hole in USS Liberty “Why would our government put Israel’s interests ahead of our own?” Moorer asked from his wheelchair at the news conference. He was chief of naval operations at the time of the attack. Moorer, who has long held that the attack was a deliberate act, wants Congress to investigate. [Newsday] Israel claims the USS Liberty was mistaken for the out-of-service Egyptian horse carrier El Quseir. Giddy up! Fifteen years after the attack, an Israeli pilot approached Liberty survivors and then held extensive interviews with former Congressman Paul N. (Pete) McCloskey about his role. According to this senior Israeli lead pilot, he recognized the Liberty as American immediately, so informed his headquarters, and was told to ignore the American flag and continue his attack. He refused to do so and returned to base, where he was arrested. Later, a dual-citizen Israeli major told survivors that he was in an Israeli war room where he heard that pilots radio report. The attacking pilots and everyone in the Israeli war room knew that they were attacking an American ship, the major said. He recanted the statement only after he received threatening phone calls from Israel. The pilots protests also were heard by radio monitors in the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon. Then-U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dwight Porter has confirmed this. Porter told his story to syndicated columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak and offered to submit to further questioning by authorities. Unfortunately, no one in the U.S. government has any interest in hearing these first-person accounts of Israeli treachery. [Washington Report] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then, inexplicably, at 2 p.m., unmarked Israeli aircraft began attacking the ship. [Ledger Enquirer] Israel attacked the USS Liberty using UNMARKED AIRCRAFT. This is the single fact which proves Israel knew exactly who they were attacking. Israels story is that they thought USS Liberty was an Egyptian ship and therefore a legitimate target of war. Were that true, there would be no reason to attack a supposedly Egyptian ship with unmarked aircraft. The only possible reason to use unmarked aircraft to attack the ship is that Israel knew it was an American ship and intended to sink it, then to blame the attack on Egypt. Moorer, who as top legal council to the official investigation is in a position to know, agrees that Israel intended to sink the USS Liberty and blame Egypt for it, thus dragging the United States into a war on Israels behalf. This seems to be a common trick of Israel. Starting with the Lavon affair, through the USS Liberty, to the fake radio transmitter that tricked Reagan into attacking Libya, to potentially 9-11 itself, Israels game is to frame Arabs and set them up as targets for the United States. The official US investigation is discredited. And with it, every claim of innocence for Israel that relied on the official investigation as a source. The real question facing the American people is why the US Government seems more concerned with protecting Israel after they are caught playing these dirty tricks, rather than doing something to convince Israel not to kill any more Americans. Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. Its classified information. -- US official quoted in Carl Camerons Fox News report on the Israeli spy ring and its connections to 9-11. Dead In The Water - The Sinking of the USS Liberty youtube/watch?v=iy2gkkp8Cl8 USS Liberty Cover Up - Full Movie- The Loss Of Liberty youtube/watch?v=fFQrsdj7BLs
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