Assault on the Liberty

By James M. Ennes Jr.

Subjects: Israel-Arab War, Naval operations, Israel-Arab War, 1967, Liberty (Ship)

Description: In June, 1967, jet aircraft and motor torpedo boats of Israel brutally assaulted an American naval vessel, the USS Liberty, in international waters off the Sinai Peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Thirty-four men died and 172 were wounded. The author was an officer on the bridge when the attack started and subsequently spent many years researching and documenting this meticulous account of the attack and the cover-up that followed.