Ahh … It’s the DAKAR.
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:18:05 -0500 (CDT)
>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>Subject: Ahh … It’s the DAKAR.
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>Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:09:22 0200
>From: “Eviather H. Ben-Zedeff”
>To: “Louis R. Coatney”
>Subject: Re: Suppressed Israeli Navy officer’s book. Request for support
>
>Thanks for your quick response.
>I’d infer from it that you did not get the attachment dealing with
>the subject-matter, which is not the LIBERTY but the lost Israeli
>submarine “Dakar”. The ship was lost on its way from a shipyard in
>the UK to Haifa, Israel, and all its crew–69 men–are MIAs.
>Captain Eldar tried to interview as many as he could of the Israeli
>submarine force, and documented the ill-fated searches for the lost
>submarine ever since.
>Earlier this year, the Israeli military suppressed another book of
>Eldar’s on the Israeli landing crafts force–Flotilla 11–which he
>was its commanding officer in the mid 1980s.
>After bitter retirement from the Israeli Navy (IN) and a complicated
>bypasses operation, he had launched a personal campaign to credit his
>men by a decoration denied by the IN Headquarters. After about 13
>years, his men were decorated by the then IDF CoS, General Barak.
>Since his retirement, Eldar has practiced a career in investigating
>journalism and history. His book on the Israeli Naval
>Commando–Flotilla 13–was a best-seller. Together we have done as
>of now three books of which only one was okayed by the Israeli
>military.
>Telling truth is a vital military norm. Telling truth to your
>people, and especially to your casualties’ next of kin is a force
>multiplier. Sadly I’d say, personal and organizational considerations
>seem to be more vital in these suppression cases.
>
>If my heading is correct, and you missed my plea, I again attached it
>to this posting.
>
>Eviathar H. Ben-Zedeff
>Department of Communication
>Haifa University
>Mt Carmel, Haifa, Israel
>