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Star Wars Ultimate Anakin FX Lightsaber List Price: $44.99 Sale Price: $39.99  |
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Act just like Anakin Skywalker with the Anakin Skywalker Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber, a glowing, humming, clashing Lightsaber that looks and feels just like the real thing. This realistic Lightsaber lets you arm yourself with the ultimate weapon of power and skill for role-play battles and fight your way to victory. It features a bright, glowing blade with power-up and -down light effects, motion-sensor-controlled sound effects, and battle-clash lights and sounds. Ignite the fight and achieve victory with this flashing, humming weapon of true fighting masters. Anakin Skywalker Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber At a Glance: Realistic clashing and humming noises as you play Blade features power on-off lighting effects Age Requirements:6 years and up Assembly Requirements: Three AA batteries (included) Realistic lightsaber has lights, motion-actived effects, and battle-clash sounds. View larger. Get Right in the Fighting Action Put yourself in the middle of the Star Wars saga action and battle the Sith with this realistic version of the Anakin Skywalker character's Lightsaber. Power up your Jedi weapon to see the brightly glowing blade's light effects and hear the power-activation humming sound. As you move, the sound effects move with you for an all-encompassing role-play fighting experience. Battle the Sith with Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber. View larger. Battle with Amazing Lights and Sounds Swing and slice your Lightsaber through the air and you'll hear the motion-sensor-controlled sound effects like clashing, battle impact, and crackling sounds. When the battle is over, be sure to keep your trusty Lightsaber by your side--you never know when you'll need it again. What's in the Box Anakin Skywalker Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber and three AA batteries. Star Wars Role Play Anakin Skywalker Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber General Grievous Electronic Helmet Darth Vader Electronic Helmet Darth Vader Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber Arm yourself with the ultimate weapon of power and skill! Battle the Jedi or the Sith with this extraordinarily realistic lightsaber. Ignite the fight!Put yourself in the middle of the Star Wars saga action with this amazingly realistic version of the ANAKIN SKYWALKER characters lightsaber. Power up your galactic weapon to see the first of the brightly glowing blades light effects and hear the poweractivation humming sound. Swing and slice your lightsaber through the air and youll hear more motion sensorcontrolled sound effects like clashing, battle impact and crackling sounds. When the battle is over, be sure to keep your trusty lightsaber by your side you never know when youll need it again! |
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Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet List Price: $25.99 Sale Price: $12.98 |
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Are you ready to feel like the villain to end all villains This detailed DARTH VADER electronic helmet will make the action feel incredibly real! Adjust the straps for a perfect fit and press the button for DARTH VADER phrases! Are you ready to feel like the "villain to end all villains?" This detailed Star Wars Darth Vader Electronic Helmet will make your role-play action feel incredibly real. Create and play out your own role in the Star Wars saga with black helmet fashioned after the ultimate bad guy. Designed to cover your entire face and fit comfortably as you strive to take control of the universe and revel in the power of the dark side, this helmet has adjustable straps for a perfect fit and features red eyes and electronic phrases to keep your minions in line. Star Wars Darth VaderElectronic Helmet At a Glance: Adjustable straps for a customized fit on small and adult-sized heads Features full-face coverage Electronic phrases let you sound like Darth Vader Age Requirements:5 years and up Assembly Requirements: One AA battery (included) Detailed mask features audio phrases from the movies. View larger. Role play as Darth Vader with this realistic mask (lightsabers not included). View larger. Take Control of Your Minions Whether you're planning your strategy or going into pretend battle, the Darth Vader Helmet will put you at the center of the action. With just one press of the button, you can command the troops with Darth Vader's favorite phrases. You can also pair it with a Lightsaber (sold separately) for full-on role-play battle fun. With a little imagination, you'll be at the helm of your minions, ready to defend your place in the universe. Adjustable Straps for Comfortable Fit Designed to fit most head sizes age five through adult, this helmet has adjustable straps for a stay-in-place fit so you can move around as you wish. What's in the Box Star Wars Darth Vader Helmet and one AA battery. Star Wars Role Play Anakin Skywalker Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber General Grievous Electronic Helmet Darth Vader Electronic Helmet Darth Vader Star Wars Ultimate FX Lightsaber |
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Jr. Armed Forces Pilot Costume With Helmet List Price: $49.95 Sale Price: $35.37 |
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The 100% nylon jumpsuit is dark green with black and gold trim down the pant legs. There is a zipper downt he front and on each of the four pockets. Four embroidered patches add authenticity to the suit. Air Force style helmet with retractable shield and visor are included. Turtle neck shirt and shoes not included.Note: You can also personalize this item. Please see similar products section by scrolling this page down and click on the image of the item to order personalized version of this product. Please Note: Helmet shown may differ slightly.Got the Need For Speed™? |
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DCS: Black Shark List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $31.99 |
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DCS: Black Shark is the definitive PC simulation and combat game of the Russian Kamov-50 (Ka-50) attack helicopter and is the first title in a new Eagle Dynamics and the Fighter Collection simulation series: "Digital Combat Simulator" (DCS). 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View larger. In-game field asset encyclopedia. View larger. It also includes a new mission editor including a powerful electronic mapping system that allows user to easily create missions and campaigns, and a campaign system that allows the front line of the battlefield to move back and forth according to your mission success or failure. the Black Shark World DCS: Black Shark operations are based in the western Caucus region and include portions of Russia, Georgia and a small part of Turkey. With Russia, special attention is paid to the Krasnodarskiy, Karachayrvo-Cherkesiya, Kabardino-Balkariya and Stavropol’skey regions. Some of this area will be recognizable from Flaming Cliffs, but DCS: Black Shark has added a considerable new amount of terrain, particularly much of Georgia. the DCS: Black Shark map is approximately 330,000 sq. km of ground and sea area. Comprehensive Access to Kamov-50 Avionics Systems DCS: Black Shark comes packed with a wide range of piloting, navigation, targeting and defensive systems avionics for the Ka-50. Game copies include a detailed flight manual covering these, which include, but are not limited to: traditional electromechanical cockpit instruments, multifunction advanced moving map system AMMS (ABRIS), the "Rubicon" targeting-navigation system, the I-251 "Shkval" antitank targeting system, countermeasure dispensers, a head-up display (HUD) and helmet-mounted sighting (HMS). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Aircraft the primary innovation regarding AI aircraft in Black Shark is the inclusion of a new and improved flight model (FM) system. In previous Eagle Dynamics products such as Lock On, the AI-aircraft FM did not reach a high-level of realism, relying sometimes instead on animations to supplement flight dynamics equations. This absence of detailed angle of attack modeling and the influence of cross wind led to problems during advanced maneuvers. To remedy this Black Shark features the same standard flight model (SFM) that was used for player-controlled aircraft in Lock On. With this advancement in AI aircraft flight dynamics it is now possible for the AI to conduct more advanced flight maneuvers and combat tactics. Ground Vehicles, Ships and Weapons Ground vehicles, ships and weapons such as bombs, rockets, missiles and cannons have been significantly improved in Black Shark. Improvements include: an expanded roster of available active ground vehicles, the ability of each ground vehicle to use multiple types of weapons simultaneously, an overall increase in the level of detail and the inclusion of infantry units. Key Game Features: Advanced helicopter and ground force AI that creates a realistic combat environment. Twice the ground detail of previous TFC simulations, featuring detailed modeling of 330,000 sq. km of the western Caucasus region. Head-to-head and cooperative multiplayer. Powerful mission editor with advanced scripting capability. Campaign system with a moving front line that depends on mission results. Highly-detailed six degrees of freedom cockpit featuring Mouse-clickable instruments. Unrivaled flight physics system featuring realistic damage model, system cascade effect and more. Detailed modeling and control of engine, fuel, hydraulics, electrical, navigation, radio, fire suppression, sensor, and weapon systems. Two gameplay modes: "Simulation" or "Game Console." Advanced weapon physics for missiles, rockets and cannon rounds including ricochets. Supports TrackIR, Matrox TripleHead2Go for multiple screens, D-Box motion platform. System Requirements: Minimum Specifications: Recommended Specifications: OS: Windows XP, Vista Windows Vista for launching in fullscreen mode Processor: 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6850+, AMD Phenom 9850+ RAM: 1GB 2GB or more Video Card: 256 MB ATI or nVidia, DirectX 9 compatible 512+ MB ATI HD 2900+ or nVidia 8800+, DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible DirectX 9 compatible DVD-ROM: Quad-speed (4x) DVD-ROM drive Hard Drive Space: 4GB of free space or more Other: Copy protected, requires Internet activation Copy protected, requires Internet activation; Joystick DCS: Black Shark offers a combat simulation experience that is sure to challenge the hard-core flight enthusiast. Employing military-qualified technology, it is an unprecedented level of realism of flight dynamics, instruments modeling, avionics systems, and weapons systems like you've never seen before! A detailed 125,000 square mile depiction of the European / Asian border serves as the battlefield and includes an array of eastern and western air, land and sea units. Each unit is accurately reproduced to include detailed models, weapons systems, movement dynamics and artificial intelligence. Add to this a state-of-the art campaign system, which allows the front line of the battlefield to move back and forth according to your mission success or failure. Each bullet, rocket, shell or bomb fired is modeled in the most precise detail for an unimaginably visceral gaming experience. Multiplayer mode supports up to 16 players and includes both cooperative play using the Ka-50 data link and head-to-head combat. DCS: Black Shark offers the most realistic flight simulation experience ever. |
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Oregon Scientific ATC 9K Full 1080P High Definition Water Resistant Action Camera with G Force Sensor and 1.5-Inch Color LCD Screen (Yellow) List Price: $349.00 Sale Price: Too low to display |
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You can have any number of adventures in this modern world, but these days people expect to see the video of your exploits. Unless you have your own paparazzi following you around, you might have trouble capturing the moment if you have to stop and pull out your own camera. That's why this 1lb. All-Terrain Video Action Camera is what you want. You can mount it to a helmet, the handlebars of a bicycle or even use it underwater. It records high-definition 1080p video directly to a memory card of up to 32 GB (not included). It provides a 135° field of view and is waterproof up to 65 feet. You can watch on the included 1.5in. LCD screen or export the video to a computer or television with the included cables. Total dimensions are 8.5in.L x 3in.W x 6.5in.H. U.S.A. |
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Oregon Scientific GPS- ATC9K GPS Module for ATC9K Video Action Camera List Price: $79.99 Sale Price: $49.75 |
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This nifty optional add-on to your Oregon Scientific All Terrain Video Action camera (Item #22553) lets you map the location, speed and distance traveled using Google Maps or Google Earth. As you watch the video playback, you can see the corresponding location, acceleration and altitude, making it easy to document every trail and race. It's a great choice for adventurers and sports lovers. Compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 operating systems; requires use of Quick Time 7 or greater. |
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There is no doubt that we are looking at a serious turnover in the stars in the NHL. In the past several seasons, we have witnessed some of the all time greatest players ever to lace up the skates call it quits. Two of the last three years have featured incredible Hall of Fame induction classes welcomed in Toronto. The 2004 class was inducted in 07 with the likes of Ron Francis, Al MacInnis, Mark Messier and Scott Stevens. The talent in that crew was matched two seasons later when 2006 gave us Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille, and Steve Yzerman. While both of those groups will be remembered as two of the all-time great entries, the voters will have their work cut out for them more than ever in 2013, when this year's potential crew comes due.
While perusing the names of possible retirees this summer, just try and pare this list down to four. Perhaps the committee should consider a rule that would allow them defer a spot by a year or two. After all, only two players were admitted in 2008. Maybe we can cash in those vacancies when a class like this comes along. I've ranked the players in the order that I would place them on my ballot:
Niklas Lidstrom
The good news for the other men below him is that he hasn't made up his mind yet. However, the moment he does decide to hang up the skates and bring an end to his Norris Trophy reign of terror, he will be the first automatic name on the ballot. No need to list his credentials here.
Jaromir Jagr
There was talk that he might be making a return to the NHL next season, but he put an end to that talk by signing with the KHL once again. Jagr finished his impressive NHL career just one point shy of 1600, which is good enough for 9th all time. He's 12th all time in goals. He has a couple of Stanley Cups on his resume to go along with 5 Art Ross Trophies, 3 Pearsons, and a Hart.
Scott Niedermeyer
You name the trophy, I'll show you his name on it. (ok, he hasn't won the Vezina. Yet.) Niedermeyer is the definition of winner in the NHL. He's famously the only player to have won the Stanley Cup (4 times), World Junior gold, Memorial Cup, IIHF World Championship gold, the World Cup, and Olympic Gold (twice). He has also claimed the Norris and Conn Smythe.
Now here is where the debate begins...
Teemu Selanne
For my money, Selanne gets the final spot on the first ballot, over a couple of long-standing American icons. Selanne kicked off his career with a rookie record 76 goal season, which may never be matched again. Assuming 2010 was his last, he will end his career with 606 goals (17th all time), and 1260 points (35th all time). His name is engraved on the Cup with Anaheim. Had he been more healthy, he could have finished in the top 10 of goal scorers.
[2013 Hall of Fame cutoff here]....
Mike Modano
Modano clearly has the Hall of Fame reputation and credentials. He just picked the wrong season to retire. He has Selanne beat in points (1359 - 23rd all time), but falls short in goals (557 - 24th). He has been a model of consistency in his 20+ seasons, scoring at about a point a game pace for most of his career, and he got his Cup with the Stars. The one point that puts him slightly behind Selanne is the lack of a memorable, stand-out season. He has 0 personal trophies on his shelf, and never finished top 3 in goals or assists for a season.
Chris Chelios
Admittedly, Chelios is not a fan favorite here. However, as observer, it's hard to deny his contributions to the game over the past 30 or so years. 3 Stanley Cups and 3 Norris Trophies span his 1651 games played (placing him 4th all time in that category). Now if we could just get him to shake hands in the playoffs after a loss the way he does after a win...
Peter Forsberg
Of course, it seems like he's been retired for 5 years now, but technically, he's never filed the papers until now. Forsberg leaves the game as one of the greatest "what might have been" stories ever. His individual stats don't stack up to the other greats, due to the host of injuries he's played through, unless you count it at a per-game basis. His 885 points in 706 games is impressive (putting in him the top 10 of all time in points per game), but not as impressive as his 171 playoff points in 151 games. He's won the Calder, Art Ross, and Hart Trophies. He also has two Olympic gold medals and two Stanley Cup rings with Colorado.
And for good measure, here are couple other names who would be considered worthy candidates in any other class:
Rod Brindamour
Brind'amour is what every hockey player in the world wants to be. He sits 16th all time in games played, and is around 50th all time in goals and assists. He won the Cup with the Hurricanes, and has claimed the Selke twice. Perhaps in an extra year or two, the Hall will free up a spot for Rod.
Keith Tkachuk
With so many legends winding down their careers, it would be easy to overlook Tkachuk. However, there aren't too many names on the all-time goal scorers list ahead of him who aren't already inducted. Tkachuk finishes his stellar career with 538 goals, placing him 30th. In case you care, that's more than guys named Mahovlich, Trottier, Perrault, Mullen, and even Jean Beliveau. Unfortunately for Tkachuk, he spent most of his years on non-playoff teams and never got a shot at the Cup.
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Remember Liberty
Part 1 in the USS LIBERTY Series: "It Was God That Kept Us Afloat"
It was the events of THAT DAY we call 9/11 that woke this pampered physician's wife up to the fact on the ground that people in the world hated the U.S. so much, that they would target and murder innocent Americans.
I did not react with fear, but curiosity. I did not want to shop as President Bush encouraged us all to do if we wanted to help. I wanted my questions answered and the MSM was not asking them and Congress was not demanding them.
Seven years ago, I was your typical uninformed, misinformed American, but with diligence and persistence I have learned much. But, it was not until June 2005 and my first journey to the Little Town of Bethlehem: Occupied Territory did my rage erupt against the empire; the American governments allegiance to Israel's Military Occupation of Palestine.
It was not until the whistle-blower of Israel's WMD Program, Mordechai Vanunu informed me of things I had never heard of did I wake up to the depth of the deception of America's 'best ally' and blind collusion of the U.S.A. government. It was at a rooftop restaurant in east Jerusalem, where they serve the fish with skeleton and head intact, and fries on the side, that Vanunu blew my mind, "Did you know that President Kennedy tried to stop Israel from building atomic weapons? In 1963, he forced Prime Minister Ben Gurion to admit the Dimona was not a textile plant, as the sign outside proclaimed, but a nuclear plant. The Prime Minister said, ‘The nuclear reactor is only for peace.’ Kennedy insisted on an open internal inspection. He wrote letters demanding that Ben Gurion open up the Dimona for inspection. When Johnson became president, he made an agreement with Israel that two senators would come every year to inspect. Before the senators would visit, the Israelis would build a wall to block the underground elevators and stairways. From 1963 to ’69, the senators came, but they never knew about the wall that hid the rest of the Dimona from them.”
It was not until October 13, 2007, when Phil Tourney, Petty Officer and survivor of the attack on the USS LIBERTY affirmed that, "It was God that kept us afloat" at the "No More Wars for Israel Conference" in Irvine, California, did I wake up to that day in infamy forty years ago which remains "the only incident of damage to a major US ship since the sinking of the USS MAINE in Havana Harbour in 1898, prior to the Spanish-American War, that has not been investigated by the US Congress."-Captain Joseph Tully, commanding officer of the USS Saratoga, page 175, Operation Cyanide, by Peter Hounam.
On November 2, 2007, I conversed on the phone with fellow Floridian, survivor of the USS LIBERTY, and the current President of the USS LIBERTY'S Veterans Association, Ernie Gallo, who was a Petty Officer and Communication Technician on the LIBERTY. We shared our frustrations seeking justice for the LIBERTY by beseeching the professed Christian and our Republican Senator Mel Martinez.
Ernie quipped, "I met with Martinez's legal council and let me tell you that Congress will not lift a finger to help us. AIPAC would crucify them! Our government is lock stepped not to say anything about the LIBERTY."
For forty years our government has denied justice to our Veterans and crucified the truth because "We will not embarrass an ally." -President Lyndon Johnson, June 8, 1967.
Forty years ago the American government not only colluded with Israel in the treasonous cover-up of the attack on the USS LIBERTY the survivors "were ordered to remain silent under threat of court martial, imprisonment or worse...The U.S. government has never challenged the obviously phony Israeli excuse of "mistaken identity" nor have they attempted to expose the dishonorable cover up that continues to date. Truth and America's honor were ignominiously sacrificed to provide cover for Israel's transparent lies and despicable act of perfidy." -Phillip F. Tourney, President USS LIBERTY Veterans Association, June 8, 2007, Marriott Courtyard, VA.
The Veterans of the USS LIBERTY have repeatedly requested an open independent panel to investigate the horrific and unprovoked attack upon them and have only received pro-forma letters from a White House staffer in this Administration stating that the attack had already been investigated.
"This is a bald-faced lie!" Tourney wrote in a postscript to our Commander In Chief in his most recent appeal.
"The declassification of government documents and the recollections of former military personnel… showed [that] the Israelis knew they were attacking an American naval vessel. The documents also suggest that the U.S. government, anxious to spare Israel's reputation and preserve its alliance with the U.S., closed the case with what even some of its participants now say was a hasty and seriously flawed investigation."-
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"Israel got away with cold blooded murder! Forty years ago the CIA and the NSA all threatened the survivors not to talk! They scared me so much; I didn't for twenty years… Israel wanted the world to believe that Egypt [committed the crime]…Thirty-four were killed and 172 were wounded out of a crew of 294…The Israeli planes marked out the Star of David so we wouldn't know who was attacking us… Our keel was broken, we should have sunk but God kept us alive…Eighteen hours after the attack we were rescued…McNamara said, 'We're not going to attack our ally.' How did McNamara know who attacked us?"- Phillip Tourney, On October 13, 2007.
"J.Q. 'Tony' Hart, then a chief petty officer assigned to a U.S. Navy relay station in Morocco that handled communications between Washington and the 6th Fleet, remembered listening as Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, in Washington, ordered Rear Adm. Lawrence Geis, commander of the America's carrier battle group, to bring the jets home. When Geis protested that the Liberty was under attack and needed help, Hart said, McNamara retorted that "President [Lyndon] Johnson is not going to go to war or embarrass an American ally over a few sailors."
"The Johnson administration did not publicly dispute Israel's claim that the attack had been nothing more than a disastrous mistake. But internal White House documents obtained from the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library show that the Israelis' explanation of how the mistake had occurred was not believed. Except for McNamara, most senior administration officials from Secretary of State Dean Rusk on down privately agreed with Johnson's intelligence adviser, Clark Clifford, who was quoted in minutes of a National Security Council staff meeting as saying it was "inconceivable" that the attack had been a case of mistaken identity. The attack "couldn't be anything else but deliberate," the NSA's director, Lt. Gen. Marshall Carter, later told Congress. [IBID]
Ernie Gallo had been above the water line when the torpedo hit the LIBERTY and he informed this reporter, "It was a beautiful clear sunny day and all morning Israeli reconnaissance planes were flying over us, I counted twelve over flights and one came so close I could see the pilots face; we waved and he dipped his wing as he went by. We were all very comfortable because they were our allies. That morning Captain McGonagle called a general quarter's drill. That's a created special kind of emergency –I can't remember what the mock drill was about-but it was to test our skills and the Captain was well pleased. Because we were in dangerous ground he kept the gunners manning the machine guns-two guys on each 'nest' –this was unusual for them to stay in flack jackets and heavy helmets after the drill, but we knew we were in hostile territories. But we were all comfortable; guys were sunbathing and we were all happy because we saw our friends, the Israelis in the sky. We were all so very relaxed because of their over flights; it was like a scene out of McCales Navy.
"It was about an hour and a half after lunch when the unmarked planes attacked us and they knew exactly where to hit; the communication antennas! They knew the machine guns weren't a threat, those pilots were very careful to take out the antennas. Then they dropped two napalm bombs on us, miraculously the fires all staid on the outside, and even though the fire hoses were bullet ridden, like a garden hose and every CO2 canister on board was used, that fire easily could have gone inside the ship, but the firefighters kept their cool and it didn't. A Signalman constantly watched that our flag was raised, the first one burnt up in the fire but in a few minutes he raised the holiday flag and our ship was well marked with USS LIBERTY on it.
"It wasn't until the torpedo boats came at us did I see the Star of David again. But the Israelis claim mistaken identity that they mistook us for the El-Quseir an Egyptian transport ship that only carried horses [and was a third of the size of the LIBERTY] and had been tied up and out of use for a year. The LIBERTY had at least forty antennas- yet Israel claims they made a mistake in identifying us-if this were ever heard in a Court of Law; it would be beyond belief!
"I was a 'spook' an interceptor, a CT; Communication Technician. Back then, the NSA had security groups in all the branches of Military Service. Normal operations were that for four months at a time, up and down the African Coast, anything within the ambient atmosphere; the air waves I would monitor. The CT's had a multitude of talents; Administrators, Linguists, Morse Code Operators, Communicators and Electronics specialists-that's what I did; kept all the equipment working.
"We all worked behind closed locked doors; none of the rest of the crew ever knew what we were doing. Our whole purpose in life was to intercept messages; UHF, LHF, long and short wave. There were two gigantic Christmas tree antennas on the LIBERTY. Mid-ship there was a pedestal; with a sixteen foot dish pointed sky wards. How they could mistake us for a horse carrying ship is beyond belief.
"You know that when the North Koreans attacked the Pueblo, they wanted to capture it? The North Koreans gave repeated opportunities to surrender. The Israelis never gave us one! Any of the torpedo boats could have approached and asked us to surrender or follow them, but that never occurred.
"The most miraculous part, and I honestly believe the Lord saved the LIBERTY for a reason and for this time in the world…That ship was built in 1944, the LIBERTY was a converted cargo ship and the mechanics of that ship should have broken up and sunk! One foot more or less from where that torpedo hit and we would have sunk! But that torpedo hit a brace; and that brace absorbed the energy and kept us from blowing up."
In 1967, John Hrankowski, was nineteen years old and on his third cruise on the LIBERTY. "I worked in the engineering department, responsible for the air conditioning, electricity, water and steam. I was topside when out of nowhere the blasting of shrapnel knocked me down. I returned to my general quarters space in the boiler room when the call came, 'This is not a drill; we are under attack.'
"Fifteen feet in front of me the torpedo hit and knocked the ship out of the water! If that torpedo had hit the boiler the steam pressure of 750 degrees mixed with cold water would have been like an atomic bomb exploding!
"The lights went out, the generator was knocked out, shrapnel flew around me like fire flies; it was dangerous but somehow beautiful. I worked with a lantern to keep the steam under control. If that boiler blew the ship would have blown up too!"
One of the men who was below the water line when the torpedo hit was Ron Kukal, who has become the Chaplain for the USS LIBERTY Vets Association. In an email to me on October 22, 2007, he reported, "On June 8, 1967 during the Vietnam War, I was aboard a Navy vessel called the USS LIBERTY. This unarmed ship was sailing the waters off the coast of Israel during the "Six Day War"…It may be possible that the only reason God saved the LIBERTY was so that we could tell our story.
"The ship was sailing 15 miles off the coast in international waters when the Israeli Defense Force attacked her. She was subjected to torpedoes, 50 caliber machine gun fire, napalm, and rocket fire. There was over 800 holes in the LIBERTY after the attack, she was listing about 10 degrees to the starboard, and was on fire in many places. Thirty-four men were killed and close to 70% of the crew were wounded, of which I was one.
"For what seemed like an eternity… many miracles occurred during, and after the attack. The only armament we had were 50 caliber machine guns, and they were like peashooters against the French built Mirage jets that attacked the LIBERTY…we were not ready for any kind of attack whatsoever. The element of surprise was theirs.
"I survived the attack by the planes, but the worst was yet to come, as five torpedo boats were bearing down on us, with one thing in mind, and that was to put us to the bottom. Only one found its mark. This was the second miracle that I was exposed to that day, the first being the surviving of the onslaught by the jet aircraft.
"The torpedo hit the Liberty almost amidships on the starboard side, and I was approximately thirty feet from the explosion. There were a couple of bulkheads between the explosion, and myself but they were like paper to the several tons of TNT that tore up the bowels of the Liberty. What had been several compartments were turned into one big room in a very short time. I was immediately immersed in sea water, and it was rising fast to the point where it would be above my head in a short time, and even though I could swim, the compartment would soon become completely full, and there would be no place to go. The hatch to the above deck was closed, and dogged down, and so my life again depended completely on what God would do. Just before the compartment became fully flooded the hatch above me was opened to let as many of us as possible out of there before we became a part of a watery grave. This was the third miracle that I saw that day, but there was even more to come, and so as I ran to get to the main deck, I was slipping and sliding because of the water, and blood that was awash within each passageway.
"The fourth miracle occurred when I was exposed to the machine gun fire on the main deck, and still remained alive, and still there was more to come. Every antenna we had was shot to pieces except one, and it had never worked very well. One of the radiomen told me that he tried several times to call for help, and finally when he realized that all the antenna were shot, he switched to the one that had always given him trouble, and when it was needed, it worked. We were able to call the Sixth Fleet, and notify them of our predicament through an antenna that had hardly ever worked. The fifth miracle had just occurred.
"The attack had gone on for two hours, or more, but it seemed like only a few minutes. The captain told us that we had lost our steering control, and that we would have to go aft, and steer the ship manually. We were able to make headway, and in time were headed for the island of Malta, and to dry dock. This was almost one thousand miles away, and here we were with a ship that had a forty by forty-foot hole in her side, on fire, and riddled with holes.
"The Liberty could go down at any minute, but we did sail the thousand miles without incident, and this had to be the sixth miracle of the day. I was one of the crew that went down below to identify the deceased and I know that God gave me the strength to go and do what was expected of me. Let it suffice to say that, under the conditions, only men that were strengthened, and held up by God himself would be able to enter the dark area down below."
"For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known."- Luke 12:2
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USS LIBERTY Home Page:
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Operation Cyanide, Peter Hounam, 2003
About the Author
Eileen Fleming, Reporter and Editor http://www.wearewideawake.org/
Author "KEEP HOPE ALIVE" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory"
Producer "30 Minutes With Vanunu."
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