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Normally unreturned contacts for interviews go at the end of a story. This time it’ll lead. By press time, the Israeli embassy didn’t respond to Veteran Voice’s four email and phone requests for responses to Warren Heaney’s accusations. Heaney, a Jensen Beach resident, is certain that Israeli air and naval forces were trying to sink his ship in international waters with him on it when they attacked the U.S.S. Liberty on June 8, 1967. The air and water siege started about 2 p.m. local time and lasted about an hour and a half. By its end, 34 Americans were dead and another 171 wounded. Heaney was among the wounded; he got shrapnel injuries during the attack. There were 294 crew members on the signals-intelligence ship operating off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula. “It was the fourth day of the Six Day War,” the 66-year-old said. “The (Israeli commander) saw us as a threat. He couldn’t talk to his troops without us picking it up.” American warplanes were twice dispatched to protect the Liberty. Both times they turned around. The first group, from the U.S.S. America, were recalled shortly after takeoff. According to numerous reports, Navy brass were concerned that those planes had nukes, because they’d been doing training exercises with them. According to the reports, no one was certain who was attacking the Liberty and Navy command-
ers had concerns it could have been Soviet forces. Their fears were that the incident could escalate to nuclear if American jets carried those bombs into an engagement. Later, the U.S.S. Saratoga launched planes with conventional weapons. However, the Israeli attack ended as they were en route, and they, too, were recalled. Heaney and others believe something much more disturbing — that the then President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, restricted the Navy from defending its ship, because the attacker was Israel. Heaney said he’d like to travel to Texas and publicly urinate on the former president’s grave. He believes Johnson wouldn’t confront Israel during and after the attack, because of political pressures. “He wanted it covered up, done and covered up,” Heaney said. The story of the Liberty remains hotly debated and divisive 46 years later. While the Israeli embassy didn’t respond to Veteran Voice requests for comments, the government has given publicized apologies for the attack, and reportedly some compensation to the wounded and families of the dead. Heaney said he’s received no compensation from the Israeli government. At the heart of those apologies, however, is a sticking point for Heaney and other survivors. Israel contends that the attack was accidental. A case of mistaken identity for an Egyp-
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Photo by Patrick McCallister Warren Heaney, Jensen Beach, survived the 1967 Israeli attack on the U.S.S. Liberty. The attack remains controversial. Israel claims that its military mistook the Liberty for an Egyptian ship during the Six Day War. A large number of the attack survivors, if not all, reject that explanation. They believe the attack was deliberate. Heaney is convinced the Israeli military intended to sink the Liberty and kill all aboard knowing it was an American ship. The Israeli embassy didn’t respond to Veteran Voice’s four email and telephone requests for comment by press time.
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Driving the veterans Patrick McCallister For Veteran voice
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Photo by Patrick McCallister George Sanders is one of numerous volunteers who drive veterans to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. The 75-yearold Stuart man has given about 12,000 hours to caring for veterans.
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At 75, George Sanders wakes at 3 a.m. most mornings. Oh, the retired fella isn’t getting up to head fishing. Nah, he’s got better things to do with his time. The Stuart man drives veterans from Martin County to the West Palm Beach Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 7305 N. Military Trail. “It’s a pleasure to drive them,” he said. “It’s a pleasure to wake up in the morning and drive veterans to the hospital.” Sanders gets up at 3 a.m., so he can start getting to veterans at appointed spots around 5:30 a.m. Then he drives them to the VA medical center. Mary Phillips, chief of voluntary services, said Sanders has given veterans more than 12,000 hours over the last 12 years. Tony Reese, Martin County’s Veterans Services supervisor, said he’s giving them something far more important than trips. Veterans head to the medical center when
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Louis Blitz of Palm Beach County returned home after celebrating his 94th birthday with an adventure on Southeast Florida Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., with other veterans from World War II. The event brings veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials built for the wars they fought. The one day trip took place Saturday, Sept. 7. The next flight takes place Saturday, Oct. 19. For additional information, visit www.honorflightsefl.org.
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Gina Cavarella of Palm Beach County welcomes home her grandfather, World War II veteran Charles Bianchi, at the receiving line of the Southeast Florida Honor Flight Saturday, Sept. 7 at Palm Beach International Airport.
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LIBERTY from page 1 tian supply ship. The country was, after all, in the middle of a fast-moving war with Egypt and three other countries. Heaney doesn’t buy it. “You shot the (expletive) flag we had up,” he said. “The second one has bullet holes.” Heaney was a cook on the Liberty. The attack came on his day off. He’d spent some time above deck taking in the Mediterranean sun. That’s when he first saw the Israeli jets, which is much of why he doubts the mistaken-identity explanation. “These jets were flying low and slow,” Heaney said. “They were waving at us, and we were waving back.” Although the United States and Israel are traditionally strongly allied, the U.S. took a neutral position during the Six Day War. Heaney said there was no reason for the Liberty’s crew to be anything but friendly with the Israeli pilots. He headed below deck to get something to eat after seeing the jets. “The galley was closed, but I had a key,’ Heaney said. “I was making a ham sandwich, and all of a sudden it started — 50 caliber, armor-piercing bullets going right through my galley.” Heaney launched into action.
“I dropped to my knees and crawled over to the steam jacket kettles,” he said. To fill them with water for a variety of purposes, from fire fighting to medical care. The galley would become a makeshift ship’s hospital during and after the attack. Among other things during the attack, Heaney worked fire suppression. It’s well known that Israel used napalm bombs. Heaney said it also used phosphorous bombs. By the end of the attack, the Liberty had, among numerous other injuries, a nearly 40-by-25 foot hole. The U.S.S. Davis, U.S.S. Massey and U.S.S. Little Rock arrived hours after the attack to assist the Liberty. Amazingly, the Liberty sailed to Malta and later Virginia under her own power. The Navy sold the ship for scrap in the early ‘70s. Almost five decades later, Heaney said it’s still important for the U.S. and Israeli governments to declassify everything related to the attack and fess up to any guilt, or complicity. “We’re only looking for justice for the Liberty,” he said. The Anti-Defamation League, and others, claim that declassified information since the 1980s is consistent with the mistaken-identity explanation Israel gave and the U.S. accepted. At its web site, the league claims that
skeptics are often motivated by dark reasoning. “If Israel knowingly attacked and killed Americans, the views of radical critics of the country are confirmed with graphic clarity,” the website reads. Heaney said he doesn’t dispute Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. Nor is he anti-Semitic. He said speaking out about the attack and seeking complete explanations is about accountability. “You’re not blaming the Jews who live in Israel,” he said. “You’re blaming the government.”
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VA’s partnership with institutions of higher learning and creates myriad opportunities to help veterans succeed.” This expansion triples the number of on-campus VA vocational rehabilitation counselors available to help ease veterans’ transition to student life and assist them in achieving their educational and career goals through VA’s Post-9/11 GI Bill and other education benefit programs. The counselors maintain close relationships with local VA Vet Centers and VA medical facilities, referring veterans as needed for counseling or medical services and providing assistance enrolling in and applying for VA medical and nonmedical benefits. Partner schools provide on-campus office space for the VA counselors. Since the inception of the Post9/11 GI Bill four years ago, VA has issued about $30 billion in payments to help nearly 1 million servicemembers, veterans and family members pursue their education. VA has signed agreements with the following schools as part of the FY13 expansion: 1. American River College (CA) 2. Austin Community College (TX) 3. Austin Peay State University – Clarksville (TN) 4. Bellevue University (NE) 5. Bluegrass Community College (KY) 6. California State University – Long Beach 7. California State University – Los Angeles 8. Central Texas College 9. Citrus College (CA) 10. East Carolina University 11. ECPI University (VA) 12. Florida International University 13. Florida State College at Jacksonville 14. Florida State University 15. George Mason (VA) 16. George Washington University (DC) 17. Harrisburg Area Community College (PA) 18. Hawaii Pacific University 19. Houston Community College (TX) 20. Irvine Valley College (CA) 21. Johnson County Comm. College (KS) 22. LA City College (CA) 23. Leeward Community College (HI) 24. Liberty University (VA) 25. Lone Star College System – University Park (TX) 26. Long Beach City College (CA) 27. Middlesex Community College (NJ) 28. Midlands Technical College (SC) 29. Mira Costa College (CA)
Allison A. Hickey VA Undersecretary for Benefits 30. Mt. San Antonio College (CA) 31. Northern Virginia Community CollegeAlexandria 32. Northern Virginia Community College Annandale 33. Northwest Arkansas College 34. Northwest Florida State College 35. The Ohio State University 36. Old Dominion University (VA) 37. Pasadena City College (CA) 38. Portland Community College (OR) 39. Rutgers (NJ) 40. Saddleback College (CA) 41. San Antonio College (TX) 42. Santa Fe Community College (FL) 43. Southwestern Illinois College 44. St. Leo University 45. Syracuse University 46. Tallahassee Community College (FL) 47. Texas A&M University 48. Troy University (AL) 49. University of Alabama 50. University of Arkansas 51. University of Cincinnati (OH) 52. University of Florida 53. University of Houston (TX) 54. University of Illinois (Champaign) 55. University of Hawaii - Manoa 56. University of Kentucky 57. University of Nebraska 58. University of Nevada – Las Vegas 59. University of Texas - Arlington 60. University of West Florida 61. University of Wisconsin Milwaukee 62. Webster University – St. Louis (MO) VSOC began in June 2009 with a pilot at the University of South Florida and expanded to San Diego State University and Cleveland State within six months. The program continued to grow with five additional locations in 2011 and 24 by 2012. Partner schools are selected for the size of their student Veteran population and proximity to a VA Regional Office, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service office, Vet Center or VA medical center, among other factors. For more information on the VetSuccess program, go to http:// www.vetsuccess.gov.
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