Rep. Franz offered the following resolution:

House Resolution No. 285.

            A resolution to declare June 8, 2016, as Remember The USS Liberty Day in the state of Michigan.

            Whereas, On June 8, 1967, the American Intelligence ship, The USS Liberty, was attacked, killing 34 Americans and wounding 174 out of a crew of 295; and

            Whereas, The crew of the USS Liberty, Admiral Thomas Moorer, and Captain Ward Boston stated that the attack was deliberate; and

            Whereas, Dr. Richard Kiepfer, Captain of the Medical Corps and a USS Liberty survivor stated,  “Never before in the history of the United States Navy, has a Navy Board of Inquiry ignored the testimony of American military eyewitnesses”; now, therefore, be it

            Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body declare June 8, 2016, as Remember The USS Liberty Day in the state of Michigan.