In June 1967, a U.S. reconnaissance ship happened to spy on the secrets of the Israelis. As a result, the Israeli army sent 4 fighter jets to kill and wound 205 US troops on the spot, and the US side finally planned to sink its own warship in order to keep secrets
On June 5, 1965, the powder kegs in the Middle East were ignited, and the "Six-Day War" broke out, and Israel and Egypt fought again. In order to grasp the dynamics of the war, the US military sent the "Freedom" reconnaissance ship to the war zone to monitor the movements of the two armies, because there were only 4 anti-aircraft machine guns on board, and the self-defense ability was almost zero, and the captain McGonagall asked to send a destroyer escort
His superiors told him that the United States had aided Israel with a large amount of arms and supplies, that the two sides were hardcore allies, and that now that the Israeli military had seized sea supremacy, the Freedom only needed to fly the flag and identify itself. Moreover, the US 6th Fleet is also cruising nearby, with double escorts, who eats the heart of the bear and the leopard and dares to attack the Freedom?
So on June 8, the 7,000-ton reconnaissance ship flew the Star-Spangled Banner and entered the waters east of the Sinai Peninsula with great force, the operator turned on the electronic reconnaissance equipment and began to monitor the radio communications, while the rest of the crew did nothing to bask in the sun on the deck and tease the seagulls.
At 9 a.m., an Israeli reconnaissance plane suddenly appeared over it, circled several times before hurrying away, as if to confirm something. The U.S. military crew saw the allies coming to visit the door, and waved warmly to say hello, what they did not expect was that it would not be long before the allies sent a big surprise!
At noon, four Mirage fighter jets suddenly appeared in the clouds, all of their fuselage badges smeared, apparently trying to hide their identities. But the US crew still recognized at a glance that this was an Israeli fighter, because in the entire Middle East, only Israel was equipped with a Mirage fighter! Strangely, after the 4 fighters quickly approached, they actually formed an attack formation and pounced on the Freedom in a murderous spirit.
Seeing this scene, the US military crew was a little confused, was it that the American flag waving in the wind was not eye-catching enough? What do Israeli pilots want to do? While they were still pondering, the Phantom fleet attacked, and dense 32mm armor-piercing shells sloped wildly toward the Liberty.
The AMERICAN crew was caught off guard, and the beaten flesh and blood flew wildly, crying and shouting for mothers, and a raging fire burned in the stern of the ship. The Israeli pilots fought a round, obviously not addicted, and circled back with another burst of fierce bombardment, until all the bullets were fired, and then returned without end.
The US army that had been beaten by a fat beating had not yet returned to God, and the 3 "Super Flag" fighters of the Israeli army killed again, first shooting several rockets, and finally dropping "napalm bombs"! This weapon is a slaughter artifact invented by the US military in World War II, which once burned 100,000 people in Tokyo overnight, and its lethality is amazing. Therefore, the US military crew saw the napalm falling, frightened that they did not wear life jackets, and directly jumped into the sea to escape
A 3000° fiery storm swept the Liberty in an instant, and the captain McGonagall desperately crawled back to the command room and directly called for help from the 6th Fleet in plain language, because the Liberty was on a secret mission, the 6th Fleet did not know that the ship existed, and the duty officer said that he would first verify the situation and then make a decision.
This made McGonagall angrily scold, but he did not scold two words, the radio communication was interrupted, it turned out that the Israeli army also heard the call for help, quickly released electromagnetic interference, and completely cut off the back road of the Freedom.
At this time, the deck was like a bloody slaughterhouse, full of ghosts crying wolves for help, seriously injured crew members and corpses were stacked together, and many American troops were fluttering in the sea, and the whole scene was unbearable. But this was not the end of it, and the third wave of the Israeli offensive soon arrived.
Two torpedo boats approached quickly, firing violently with anti-aircraft machine guns, turning liberty into a honeycomb, and at the same time firing two torpedoes, one of which was right on the starboard side of liberty, exploding a large hole, and the hull began to tilt rapidly into the water.
Looking at the sinking hull, the US crew was like ashes and could only wait for death in despair. But at this moment, the crazy output of the torpedo boat suddenly stopped attacking, and a few minutes later, it sent a warm message asking if it needed help! This left the U.S. military at a loss for words, fearing what kind of conspiracy and trickery it was. In fact, the real reason is that the 6th Fleet has verified the situation, and the aircraft carrier Saratoga sent 4 fighters to rescue the Freedom
Soon after the four fighters took off, they were detected by the Israeli air defense system, and they knew that they could not fight anymore, so they changed their faces and said that they wanted to rescue the US troops. At this point, the "beating" that lasted for an hour and a half was completely over.
Of the 356 crew members of the US military, 34 people were killed and 171 injured, and the Liberty was paralyzed by the explosion, and the hull of the ship broke a large hole of 20 square meters, floating on the surface of the sea and unable to move, which can be said to be a heavy loss.
What is surprising is that after the incident, the first reaction of the United States was not revenge, but to prepare to completely sink the Liberty to cover up the truth and avoid embarrassing the allies, but after weighing it up, it was worried that things would be big, and finally dragged the Liberty away for repair. The Israeli side was also very cooperative and immediately apologized
At the same time, it is claimed that they regarded the Liberty as an Egyptian warship, so they launched the attack, which is a pure misunderstanding. In order to show good faith, $13 million was also offered as compensation. In fact, this money is still the Americans themselves, because the United States will assist Israel with a large amount of money and materials every year, and $13 million is only a dime in the aid.
So why was the Liberty beaten by its allies? It turned out that the reconnaissance ship was passing through the beaches of the Sinai Peninsula while the Israeli army was secretly executing dozens of Egyptian prisoners of war. The Israeli army thought that the Freedom saw something that should not be seen, and decided to kill people, but they did not expect that this reconnaissance ship was too resistant to beating, and actually held out until the reinforcements arrived
The surviving crew of the Liberty, on the other hand, went on a journey to restore the truth, and on June 8, 2005, they even submitted the "Report on Israeli War Crimes Against the U.S. Military of June 8, 1967", asking for a thorough investigation of the matter, but it was rejected.
It can be seen from this that when the United States maintains its alliance, the life and death of its own soldiers is really insignificant...
