For The Liberty I Cry Woe
By John Kaniecki
She
For the Liberty
Was a ship of sea
Of finest technology
Deployed off Egypt’s shore
In international waters
During the Six Day War
Flying the red, white and blue
Everybody knew
Whom the Liberty belonged to
An Israeli jet soared in the sky
Even from way up high
They were certain and sure
That the U.S.S. Liberty
Was sailing down below
It was America’s vessel
All could tell
All did know
In a blatant act brutality
One that defies civility
The Israeli plane attacked
There was no turning back
An Israeli torpedo boat
Joined in the fray
It was a most miserable day
Thirty four Americans died
But no words foul were cried
For the truth was denied
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Forbid all to speak
Of what was done
On that miserable day bleak
Nineteen sixty seven, on June eight
Remember that dreadful date
Of to Malta the Liberty went
She was bandaged to present
An outright lie
So none would ask ‘why?’
Then to Norfolk Virginia she sailed
She was decommissioned
All while her crew silently wailed
Finally she was sold for scrap
While the crew was caught in a trap
They could not tell their story
They could not share the shame
For America sold her glory
And refused to give proper blame
The crew of the USS
LIBERTY
Will never forget
That day in infamy
when
"God kept the USS
LIBERTY afloat"
And thus Philip Tourney wrote
I have presented to you the truth
I have presented to you the lie
Truth will always win the day
That is why we pray
And thus now you know
Why
For the Liberty I cry woe
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
 |
| Click Here |
No comments:
Post a Comment