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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Epilogue: Nebraska veteran recollected USS Liberty before he died
- Richard Piersol
- Feb 23, 2015
- Feb 23, 2015 Updated Jul 3, 2026
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Miniature U.S. flags used to memorialize the 34 fallen sailors killed in the June 1967 attack on the USS Liberty are displayed during a memorial service May 21, 2004, in Nebraska City.
- DAVE WEAVER/ For the Lincoln Journal Star
Dale Larkins as a young man
USS Liberty in June 1967 after being attacked by an Israeli torpedo.
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Dale Larkins had a phenomenal memory.
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