to really but get the, the, my money and the law school and the from me id comfortable especially mute them full of semester floor and it, well i really appreciate you and your dish, the dish out because this is the 1st but you told me reads and they shall more with pleasure, much more points to it. but it is you get to he will boys at the point that they did when you cause they were meant to georgia. the on june 8th, 1967, an over active war was committed against the united states. the combined air and sea attack against the naval ship us us liberty killed. $34.00 sailors wounded another $171.00 and severely damaged the ship. at the time the ship was in international waters, north of egypt and i peninsula,

but the aggressor was not egypt. it was not the soviet union for any other country was difficult relations with the united states. it was israel. i'm john kerry onto welcome to the whistle blowers the . 2 2 2 2 2 2 these really attack on the us s liberty on june 8th, 1967 remains one of the most controversial and confusing military acts of the 2nd half of the 20th century. the attack happened in the midst of the 1967, a war between israel and its error of neighbors in which the united states was formerly neutral, is really military leaders said that they would protect the country's coast at all costs. and the pentagon ordered the liberty to keep a safe distance by june 8th, the ship was nowhere near israel. on the morning of the attack is really jets over

flew the ship several times. liberty crew members later said that these really planes came so close to the ship that they rattled the deck. the israelis later said that the planes were hunting for rejection submarines, but it would have been impossible for them not to see that the ship was american and was flying the american flag. but following erroneous reports at 11 24 am that his ship was showing the coast of a lot of these reading military ordered a strike on the liberty they did this, knowing that the liberty had only for 50 caliber machine guns on it's deck and best could not have shelby coast to at 1 41 pm and is really ship report at the liberty in the area, but as an unknown vessel. and these rarely ship reported further that the liberty was travelling at a speed that would indicate that it was an attack ship is rarely forces were understanding orders to fire on any unknown vessel in the area. and they assumed that the liberty was fleeing after showing a lot, each just before 2 o'clock pm. and is really mirage pilot reported back that he was

in visual contact with the liberty. he reported that it was a military vessel with a smokestack and a mast. another pilot said that the ship was a destroyer, and both pilots said disingenuously that the liberty was not flying a flag. at 1 57 pm is really military headquarters gave the pilots permission to attack which they did using 30 millimeter canons and rockets is really torpedo boats approached at 2 35 pm fired missiles and strafe the craft with machine guns. the torpedo attack severely damaged the superstructure of the hall and killed an additional $25.00 men, including most of the ships intelligent section. the machine gun fire was directed at 1st responders and sailors who were preparing life rafts. the israeli military claims that it did not establish the liberties nationality until 3 20 pm when it is rarely surveillance, helicopter saw an american flag flying on the deck,

and at 4 pm, 2 hours after the attack began. israel informed the american embassy and telling me that he had had mistakenly attacked us navy ship. the secretary of state dean rusk, bill wasn't buying, is rarely protestations. he issued a statement saying, quote, at the time of the attack, the us liberty was flying. the american flag and its identification was clearly indicated in large white letters and numerals on its whole experience demonstrates that both the flag and the identification number of the vessel were readily visible from the air. accordingly, there is every reason to believe that the us as liberty was identified or at least her nationality determined by israeli aircraft approximately one hour before the attack. the subsequent attack by the torpedo boats substantially after the vessel was or should have been identified by his really military forces manifests the same reckless disregard for human life and quote. today we are happy to be joined by

a survivor of these really attack on the us us liberty field tourney was a young u. s. navy petty officer assigned to the liberty that day. he also is the author of the book. what i saw that day is real as june 8th, 1967 holocaust of us service men aboard the u. s. s. liberty and its aftermath feel . thank you so much for being with us. well, thank you. i appreciate it. glad to be here. take us back to that awful day. we know that many in the crew had just completed the chemical drill. when is really planes begin over flying the ship? tell us about what happened before the attack began. well yeah, it's, uh, it is a rescue you. you'd bring up the drill allowance and the damage control to and i was heavily involved in that drill. i was in a impregnated suit to protect from chemicals in a biological chemical nuclear war. for supposedly it was supposed to keep you safe

. but who knows? that's what the tell you anyway, but yeah, it was, it was so hot outside, pretending i was working down the ship a new drill. i thought, you know, uh, i'm gonna pass out as just to a two's excruciating heat. a beautiful, beautiful de uh, flag volume, but always fly. they secured from general corps and stowed by gear and went up to what up to the forward gun mount. because the south part phones were working and i was ordered by john scott, my division officer to get that phone work and as soon as possible. and so, um i had a uh, i seaman, that's the person who takes care of, uh, uh,

communication, internal communications on a ship davis go lac was assigned to, to come up and do that. and we were looking over at the bank. you know, it is about the, i don't know, 1212 and a half miles away. you can see the black smoke and everything like that. the bombs dropping a weird thing was let us not us really. i mean, it was just an unbelievable of what they were doing. what do you see? and i left the gun mouth. there was a government there tops and the sco lacked i just walked down to the starboard ladder, went to my working area. and all hell broke loose replace coming out as from stem to stern, the from ports to starboard from starboard to port. it was

issued taylors instantaneous attack. we couldn't tell who was attacking us. every man on deck was either was either hit or dead at a if i wouldn't have got down that ladder when i did and went to my work space. i wouldn't be here right now. so it was uh it was something that we never expected because we had been identified by israel hours and hours and hours before the attack, as american and friendly. we were always in international waters. we had no idea who was attacking us till later. but the aircraft were black and there were no marketing or on the aircraft there must steer arised us doing the attacking. so uh, i can go through a lot of other things with john. go ahead please. and then these close is really overflights. begin. was there any doubt in your mind that these really pilots knew

that the liberty was an american ship? no, john, we didn't have any idea who was attacking us until about 2530 minutes or so at the initial air attack. then we saw this torpedo boats and we recognize the star david on the torpedo boats and we said, oh boy, great, they're, they're coming to help us are coming to help us because that's we had stars a david all over that ship inside the ship because we want it is little to be the victor in that war across our, our ally and we knew there they were there to protect us. we thought, no, they were set there to say to kill every man aboard the ship and it was a it was a nightmare. our government left us out there alone. in fact, they set us up. our own government set us up then, and now they put

a lid on this atrocity, this act of war and war crimes on an innocent crew to it. but the government ordered them do is to spy. we're on the most sophisticated spies shifting the world at that time. the most sophisticated. so that means a lot. and they took out every tuning, intent on that ship. in a matter of seconds, we were left to fetch specialist. we had no, no way to defend ourselves over the gun knots for blown to bits of drop in may palm on us to burn us up. bridget was on fire. it was hell on earth. i can guarantee you that know something. i wouldn't wish of my worst enemy, john. i've just wouldn't do it. the attacking torpedo boats the river surface cracked the retreat, tucked me to boats with barred. approximately 5 torpedoes, at least by maybe 6. but the account 5. who knows why they didn't have to

torpedo is on each boat. i don't know. it's not, it really doesn't make any difference. at this time, they attacked the american ship with surface aircraft. and the low between it we, we only had about a few minutes low between the air attack and then the torpedo attack, they would use machine guns, machine gun to the side of the ship, over and over and over again. it was, it was something that the, it was something that history is covered up, the navy is covered up because they wanted this all dead to blame the attack on the air of states, nasser, and particularly because they, they want rid of him. they want to rid of him bad, and if it's a 294 american souls to go to the bottom of the ocean and blame it on somebody else, that's what they wanted. but by the grace of god,

he kept his upload. we were just as servants that day, but uh, you know, i could, uh, i can say a lot more about faith, but he's giving us the face, the fate the carry on for the last 56 years because we're on it. we're not gonna allow these people, i'm the current president of the slippery veteran association is by 4th, go around it being the president. i'm very proud of that, but we will not give up. we will not bend, we will not break. this country may is too much you out to us. you know, the world would have been a much different place john. this would have taken place like they had planned a recall, but yet aircraft to come help us from us as us a. so tell the and you assess america. they recall the left us out there alone. we didn't see any help for 17 hours filled tourney. we are enjoying this conversation, but we have to take a short break. stay right there. we're speaking with us this liberty survivors,

field tourney. after the break, we'll ask how he and his colleagues were rescued hours after the attack. stay with us. 2 2 2 2 the, [000:00:00;00] the

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which is subject to the welcome back to the rest of those. i'm john 3 of 2. we're speaking with phil tourney, a survivor of these really attack on the us navy ship us us liberty. phil, thanks again for being with us. absolutely. it took hours after the attack for these or at least to finally admit what they had done, and then they offered rescue assistance which was declined. i can only imagine the fury that you and your fellow sailors were experiencing. what happened once the attack was over, how were you rescued, and how was the ship finally towed to port? well, the attack was over in approximately 2 hours or maybe a little over, but within that span, but the attack did in then they said troop carroll are carrying helicopters to come finishes up. they had uh marines ready to board. i ship and then there was

a message that came down from who i don't know that they admitted they made a mistake. there was so sorry. and johnson accepted that and then the lid went on, but it was a it was 17 hours before they come, help us. they left us out there hoping we'd say that day we didn't, we were never towed anywhere. we, we went on our own power. these really government made a formal apology and finally paid a few $1000000.00 to the families of the dead and a few 1000000 more to the wounded. was that enough? what was the reaction to the apology and to the payments? what else do you think these really should have done? well, the reaction to the payment. okay. there was some men aboard there. they've got a fair amount of money, 800200000. i don't know. like most of us got $200.00 or $250.00.

we were ordered. we were ordered by admiral issac kid. so never speak of this again. we end up in prison or worse, that was in the board of inquiry. they concluded that the attack was mc mistaken identity, that's nothing could be farther from the truth. that was not a mistaken identity. it was cold blooded, premeditated murder on our ship, and our crew that wanted to solve that. yeah, we were scared. i didn't, i didn't say anything about the u. s. s. liberty for oh, uh, 15 years i got divorce my 1st wife and she was the, every married. and there was an article in the rocky mountain news. i read it about to you assess, liberty that was written by a friend of mine. master chiefs stand white, an ever says up moment. i've been, i spent every day, every hour, doing something for us as liberty. that i can to load our ship based,

die and vain as they did. these are young guys 182021 years old. uh and uh oh my god. and they, they, the slaughtered of never blown to bits blow to pieces. something you can't even hardly describe it as a insane. why do you think there's been such an institutional effort to move past the u. s. s. liberty? most americans have no memory of it. most americans don't even know it happened. why don't we talk about it? why don't we commemorate the anniversary of the attack? well, it's, it's a, it's a non piece of history, a non piece of naval history, a non piece of american history. hey, it was a mistake here. there's nothing to see here is a mistake. you know, the davy said it was mistaken identity. what's, what's their line? but they were ordered by lpga to find that the attack was,

was the mistaken identity. another act of war. uh, i don't blame the public for not knowing about it because it was never, we were on the front page one day and a 3rd or 4th the other day and then we were just completely gone. there were, there was nothing said about it just went away and if we, if we talked about it or got on our congressmen or senators, they would say it was mistaken identity. that's what the record says. and we've already done 10 separate investigations. they've never done any the investigation, no lie, does or lie to the american people or anybody else. and once we get baldwin throughout the old, but you, liars, so that listen there, they're protecting israel and they're put, protecting a cricket god. but our god. but the just as crooked now as they were 56 years ago. and this is the and there's many,

many more doubt through history of what god. but in the past, the power of people in those positions. we were nothing but cannon potter aboard that ship. they didn't care about us, our government didn't care about us. they set us up to be murdered. think about that. a cut a country useful or no to defend them with your life. defended give your life and then our government wants to kill us and then have our best buddy says, we'll do the murdered their hand in hand. they have been offer, so it's 1948, but i want to talk about 1967, june 8th. and what they've done to us then, and now they've forgotten about us. they've called us jew haters. nazis and submitted pigs. anything else you could do to downgrade just to make us feel terrible. we didn't kill anybody. they did all the kill and tell us where our

viewers can learn more about the work that you do and tell us about your book. yeah, we want a memorial where we are doing it ourselves. we have to it our selves cuz the government won't happens. they will, as i'm telling you, it's uh, it's like standing in front of a, uh, uh, 18 wheeler and getting run over every day. that's what they take at the crew with us as lever. yeah. my dad and john that the american legion here in america a hi, has a bad does for life, they bad as for live because one of our guys are to and then all of it and or the gala why did a booth at the national convention. they refused it, and the gland to our peace american legion card that fell on one woman and she said he assaulted or they put him in jail. they put him in jail for one night. got out.

i had to play to something to stay out of jail again, out of state. and they had him and they, they were just making it a spectacle, loved him and us as liberty. so they hate us. even in the american legion, the higher ups there, they're all politicians, john, all of them. they don't care about the, the got the garage out there, the people who do all the work when they get in power. just like being a congressman or senator or president is their power and that's all they care about the investigation. john was there, we never wasn't investigation, never the only investigation they had was a set up one. but by the board of inquiry adviser kid, i might add word boston, who was the chief judge advocate, a board to ship later in life, reported back and said, hey listen, we were ordered to do this. we knew it was a,

a, a pre meditated attack. but we were ordered by johnson, i'm a military man and i do what they, they tell me to do. and he told everybody, and i'll get you that a documented if you'd like. but he said this was a set up deal. and it was never a mistake, and k at identity. everybody knew it except the american people. i feel thank you so much for being with us. and thanks to our viewers, i like to close the shows with a quote that is up lifting or perhaps even thought provoking. i like to quote philosophers and learned people from around the world. but today's quote, more appropriately comes from believe george ball, who is the us under secretary of state at the time of the us us liberty incidents. he said, quote, american leaders did not have the courage to punish israel for the bleeding murder of its citizens. the liberties, presence and function were well known to israeli leaders. israel's leaders

concluded that nothing they might do would have found the americans to the point of reprisals if american leaders did not have the courage to punish israel for the bleeding murder of american citizens. it seemed clear that their american friends would let them get away with almost anything. i'm john curiosity, thanks for watching the whistle blowers until next time. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 the more expensive and i'm here to plan with you. whatever you do, do not watch my new show. seriously. why watch something that's so different. whitelisted opinions that he won't get anywhere else. welcome to please. as you have the state department, the c, i a weapons, bankers, multi 1000000000 dollar corporations. choose your fax for you. go ahead,

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