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0018Z 12 June 1967 transmitted message text from
U.S.S. Liberty to U.S.S. America


P 120018Z JUN 67
FM USS LIBERTY
TO USS AMERICA
INFO BUPERS
USS LITTLE ROCK
BT
UNCLAS E F T O
A. MY 091410Z JUN 67
1. REQUEST YOU VERIFY AND ADVISE DISPOSITION OF CT1 JEFFRIE ROBERT
CARPENTER, USN, 535 14 05 IF RECEIVED ABOARD AMERICA 09JUN67.
2. CT2 JOSEPH PAUL CARPENTER, USN, 793 84 55, PREV REPORTED AS
WOUNDED BT REF (A), PARA 14., IN ERROR. JOSEPH PAUL CARPENTER
CURRENTLY ON BOARD LIBERTY AND IN GOOD HEALTH.
3. BUPERS ADVISED SEPARATELY TO CORRECT REF (A) ACCORDINGLY.
BT

Message subject lineage: 121859Z JUN 67 USS AMERICA

Note: See 110856Z JUN 67 from USS Little Rock as to why this inquiry generated.  In summary Liberty initially reported the wrong individual as being wounded, but then stated the correct individual in other reports as being aboard Little Rock vice America.