write up on the video biggest takeaways
>liberty was a SPY ship
>had the largest mobile computer onboard at the time
>total crew of 294
>roughly 190 were "intelligence" he also calls them "linguists"
>group of tu-95 soviet heavy bombers outfitted for intelligence gathering given to egypt alexandria
>claim was that egyptian pilots and crews were flying them
>not true, in reality soviet pilots and crews manned them wearing egyptian uniforms
>midway through the attack one codebreaker was able to intercept them speaking in plain language russian
>right after he tells the story of the guy who got the russians, he sombrely says he died, torpedo got him
>on the night of the 7th and 8th they were overflown by several Israeli aircraft, they flew close enough to see the pilots and wave at them, the pilots waved back
>first noise heard at roughly 2 am local time
>826 large caliber strikes, says each one rung out in a specific way
>20mm, 40mm, and heatseaking rockets and napalm all used
>life rafts hit with napalm specifically
>Israelis jamming distress frequency
>using unmarked aircraft (the Israelis)
>LMAO, ok sorry but the ship the Israelis claimed they thought the US ship was, was a world war 1 HORSE TRANSPORT armed with a 4 inch muzzle loading CANNON
this is just the first 10 mins