MEMORIALS TO MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ATTACK ON USS LIBERTY Linn Barracks in Japan in memory of Chief Raymond Linn. Linn Operations Building at Sugar Grove, WV. The Cold War Museum Alexander Neil Thompson, Jr., Vertical Launching and Harpoon Weapons Training Building Building at US Naval Training Center, Naval Station, San Diego, California, dedicated July 20, 1990. USS Liberty Oak Tree. Bossier City, LA, Memorial created by the crew of USS Hancock. Arlington National Cemetery's official list of men lost aboard USS Liberty. Official ceremonies honoring those buried at Arlington National Cemetery. All men who died in the attack are listed in the The Navy Log at the US Navy Memorial in Washington, DC. Neil Thompson Hall (BEQ 332) Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at US Naval Training Center, Service School Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, dedicated June 8, 1972, in memory of Gunners Mate Alexander Neil Thompson. Town Point Park in Norfolk, Virginia. Veterans Memorial Park in Walnut, Illinois. Hampton Roads Naval Museum remembers USS Liberty. Memorial carillon at David Adams Memorial Chapel (the base chapel) Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia, dedicated June 8, 1969, in ceremony conducted by Chaplain David M. Humphreys, USN. The carillon was unveiled by RADM Ben Sarver and Captain McGonagle. Lieutenant Commander John Engelberger, USCG, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, created a USS Liberty memorial on the main street of the town of Morrisville. Commander Engelberger died of cancer in March, 2003, after many years of energetic support for USS Liberty. Liberty High School, Renton Washington, is the home of the ship's original bell. The ship's bell is displayed with honor at assemblies and sports events by the school NROTC unit. A homeowner in western Washington State has for many years maintained this sign within sight of traffic on a major state highway. Liberty Park at Goodfellow AFB in Texas was created by the Center for Cryptology Detachment as a proper home for USS Liberty's original commissioning plaque, which is displayed there. The dedication ceremony in October, 2003, was attended by our own Ron Kukal who represented the ship. The Park underwent a major renovation in 2004. The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum has a small USS Liberty display consisting of a photograph of the ship with MedEvac helicopters and this caption: "On June 8, 1967, Israeli torpedo boats and aircraft attacked the intelligence ship USS Liberty in the Mediterranean. Aircraft launched from the carrier America to aid Liberty were recalled when a message of apology was received from Tel Aviv. The Liberty is shown listing to starboard, while a helicopter carries wounded and dead back to the America." Memorial Plaque at Calvert Hall College High School in memory of William Allenbaugh. Melvin Smith Barracks at Pensacola, Florida. Curtis Graves Barracks at Pensacola, Florida. Curtis Graves Barracks at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Ronnie Campbell Barracks at Edzell, Scotland. Lawrence Hayden barracks at Pensacola Naval Station. Memorial display, Admiral Wenger Cryptologic Museum, Washington, DC (moved to Pensacola Naval Station). Liberty's battle flag and other artifacts are on permanent display in The National Cryptologic Museum, near Fort George Meade, Maryland. Memorial monument (+Stark and Lebanon Marine Barracks) at NAF Detroit flagpole. Memorial monument at Haverhill, Massachusetts, mentions USS Liberty along with other wars, battles and police actions that have cost the lives of American servicemen. A Memorial brass plaque in memory of Duane Marggraf was installed at Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in the 1980s. In 1999, a local resident noticed that the plaque had been removed. After several letters to city authorities, no one seemed to know where the plaque had gone. Finally a city employee called quietly to tell Liberty friends that the plaque was in storage. Armed with this information, city officials were asked to restore the plaque to a place of honor. We are pleased to report that the Duane Marggraf Memorial Plaque is now (June 2000) displayed on a wall in the Court House. Memorial Public Library at Grafton, Wisconsin. Creation of this city public library, named USS LIBERTY MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, became a matter of great controversy in the 1980s when pro-Israel organizations organized protests, claiming that the library's name was an insult to Jews. After dozens of newspaper and television stories the town prevailed. Memorial monument at Bay City, Michigan. Memorial stone at Military & Space Museum, Frankenmuth, Michigan. Memorial display highlighting Phil Armstrong, Frankenmuth, Michigan. Memorial museum display (in planning) aboard USS Yorktown at Patriots Point. USS Liberty ship's bell at Liberty High School, Renton, Washington. Tombstone for six Liberty dead, remade at request of Liberty survivors. Memorial marker stone and flagpole for Francis Brown at Prospect Park, Troy, New York. Story in Troy Nation, 21 July 1991. Memorial nameplates for Phil Armstrong and Steve Toth at Hall of Heroes, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. USS LIBERTY road named near Richmond, California, by Ralph Johnson. Two theatre seats with USS LIBERTY memorial nameplates at the U S Navy Memorial in Washington, DC, donated at $1,000 each by Ralph Hostetter (at the suggestion of Commander Pete Bucher) and by Ahron Jay Cristol, a bankruptcy magistrate who has devoted many years to trying to prove that the attack on our ship was a tragic accident and that we survivors who say otherwise are confused by shock, blood and "the fog of war". All men who died are listed in the computerized honor roll at the U S Navy Memorial at Washington, DC. A memorial was dedicated October 17, 1992, by the Kriesel-Jacobsen American Legion Post 560 of Zimmerman, MN, in Veterans Park. A large stone was installed with bronze image of ship and names of the men who died. The Ceremony was attended by Chief Brooks, Jim Smith, Rocky Sturman, Rick Aimetti, Phil Tourney, Larry Thorn, Jack Beattie, Captain McGonagle, Stan White, Gene Kirk and Glenn Oliphant. USS LIBERTY memorial ceremony was conducted at the National Security Agency on May 10, 1993, as part of an Armed Forces Day celebration. The ship's original flag, which flew on June 8, 1967, was flown during the ceremony, and was later installed in a special memory display at the Agency. Memorial flag pole with large granite base at Immaculate Catholic School, Ithaca, New York, in memory of John C. Smith. This was created by the Tompkins County VFW with public contributions. It was dedicated November 11, 2002. USS Liberty was represented at the dedication by John Hrankowski. A bronze plate created by the family of John Smith listing the names of the 34 men who died in the attack is on display at the National Cryptologic Museum near Fort Meade, Maryland. The NO GREATER LOVE organization conducts a memorial ceremony every year on June 8 at Arlington National Cemetery at the six man gravesite. USS Liberty web site on the Internet at URL http://www.ussliberty.com

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