abdul nasir knew full well that israel did not take part in the war without american support, but as he was talking about the same issue with the king of jordan, was not aware that the masad was listening in on their conversation. called up and said, what the hell is this? there aren't any american aircraft within 30 within 300 miles of egypt, he said, for your information, they could not possibly have done what they did without help, and that help had to come from you or the british, and we think it was you. the sixth day war was over and... operation syanide hadn't achieved all of its goals, the liberty's wounded crew returned to the us so their country's officials could honor them for surviving the deadly cyanide operation by chance. the ceremony to award medals always takes place in the white house and by the us president. but captain mcgonigal received his medal of honor in a open area in the naval sea systems command headquarters in washington dc, without media presence from the defense secretary, because at the same moment, johnson was busy handing out diplomas to students in