‘We’re Fed Up With It’: Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later
Posted by M. C. on June 6, 2026
The attack, which left 34 Americans dead and 174 others injured, has been veiled in controversy since it happened.
Published Feb 7, 2025
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In Section 34, at the center of a green oasis on the south side of Arlington National Cemetery, about 50 men and women gathered around a stone slab with six names on it. Many sought shelter on chairs in the shade and others wavered, rocking on sea legs and canes, in the June heat.
The survivors of the attack on the USS Liberty — an event that happened 55 years ago — snapped salutes as the president of the USS Liberty Veterans Association, Larry L. Bowen, began a remembrance ceremony Wednesday.
Israeli munitions ripped through the Belmont-class research ship with strafing fire, napalm and torpedoes as it patrolled Mediterranean waters performing signal intelligence — “spy” — missions during the 1967 Six-Day War between Israel and a coalition of Arab countries.
The attack, which left 34 Americans dead and 174 others injured — two-thirds of the crew in total, according to a press release organized by the Liberty Veterans Association — has been veiled in controversy since it happened, with survivors, and even some former senior intelligence officials, pointing to a deliberate bombardment by Israel and a subsequent U.S. dismissal of the event to pardon its ally.
“For 55 years, we’ve tried to honor the crew, with little to no support from our government, just like the lack of support we received when we were under attack,” Bowen continued from the podium. “Our government has tried to cover the entire attack up as a mere accident. Nothing could be further from the truth.”The attack, which left 34 Americans dead and 174 others injured — two-thirds of the crew in total, according to a press release organized by the Liberty Veterans Association — has been veiled in controversy since it happened, with survivors, and even some former senior intelligence officials, pointing to a deliberate bombardment by Israel and a subsequent U.S. dismissal of the event to pardon its ally.
“For 55 years, we’ve tried to honor the crew, with little to no support from our government, just like the lack of support we received when we were under attack,” Bowen continued from the podium. “Our government has tried to cover the entire attack up as a mere accident. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
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