The USS Liberty was a floating CIA intelligence gathering platform monitoring all transmissions from all sources involved in the 1967 Six Day War. Israeli progress was followed as well as the Arab ...

O n June 8, 1967, an Israeli torpedo slammed into the unarmed American naval vessel USS Liberty, traveling approximately a ...

The answer to that question is provided both later in the interview and in Joan Mellen’s book Blood in the Water, published in 2018.

Finally, there is a photo to go along with the name Anthony P. Mendle, who grew up in the city and died at age 21 while ...