u. s. navy ship u. s. s. liberty. phil, thanks again for being with us. absolutely. it took hours after the attack for these rallies 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 are you rescued, and how is the ship finally towed to port? well, the attack was over at approximately 2 hours or maybe a little over, but within that span, but the attack did in net then they said troop carroll are carrying helicopters to come finishes up. they had marines ready to board. i ship and then there was a message that came down from who i don't know that the they admitted they made a mistake. there was so sorry, and johnson accepted that and then the lid went on, but it was uh it was uh, 17 hours before they come help us. they left us out there hoping with the site that day we, we were never towed anywhere. we, we went on our own power these railing, government made a formal apology and finally paid a few $1

today we are happy to be joined by a survivor of these really attack on the us s 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 us as liberty and its aftermath. phil, thank you so much for being with us. well, thank you. i appreciate it. proud 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 a interest to you. you'd bring up the drill allowance and the damage control us and i was heavily involved in that drill. i was in a impregnated suit to protect from chemicals in a biological chemical nuclear warfare. 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 in a drill. i thought, you know, uh, i'm gonna pass out. it's just too easy. it was ex

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. wh

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 a interest to you. you'd bring up the drill allowance and the damage control. and i was heavily involved in that drill. i was in a impregnated suit to protect from chemicals in a biological chemical nuclear warfare. 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 forcing down the ship a new drill. i thought, you know, uh, i'm gonna pass out of shoes to h is excruciating heat, a beautiful, beautiful day flag volume, but always fly. they secured from general corps and i stowed by gear and went up to what up to the forward gun out. because the some part phones were working and i was ordered by john scott, my division officer to get that