a large number of egyptian ground forces across the suez canal and dug in of the sinai peninsula israel's response was to put its own army on to a state of alert. 11 years later on the 22nd of may 1967 egypt closed 2 israeli ships access to the straits of tiran a strategic waterway leading to the port of a lot in the south of israel. the next day egypt also close the entrance to the gulf of aqaba to all ships carrying the israeli flag as well as to international oil tankers bound for a lot the rhetoric between both sides ramped up and war appeared to be imminent. but to crewmen on a brief supply stop in aden now part of yemen the geopolitics of the middle east. were not uppermost in their minds. on the way home from the far east we bunkered we stopped in aden and bunkered there to pick up fresh water in oil and we picked up some supplies there as well. during this time the 6 engineer and i decided we were asked the chief if we go ashore just for a last minute bit of shopping before we go into the suez canal and up the red sea. and as a result of that we were on shore and we met a couple o