The 8th June 1967. The time was about 2pm, the Sinai Peninsula, just to the Northwest of the Egyptian city of Arish. The USS Liberty had just finished a chemical-weapons drill and its crewmen had been ordered into ‘stand down mode’, with helmets and lifejackets removed. The heat of the North African sun beat down upon the deck and the deep blue of the ocean lapped against the sides of the ship. The crew had relaxed after the intensity of the exercise, chatting amongst themselves, laughing and letting their guard down. They barely heard the drone of the airplane engines above them. They had no idea that 34 of them were about to die. This is the story of the USS Liberty disaster.