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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 He-aney’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 (Is-raeli commander) saw us as a threat. He couldn’t talk to his troops without us picking it up.”American warplanes were twice dis-

patched 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 attack-ing 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 some-

thing much more disturbing — that the then President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, restrict-ed 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 govern-ment. At the heart of those apologies, how-

ever, is a sticking point for Heaney and other survivors. Israel contends that the attack was accidental. A case of mistaken identity for an Egyp-

U.S.S. Liberty survivor seeks answers, justicePatrick McCallisterFor Veteran Voice

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See LIBERTY page 7

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 mis-took 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 Is-raeli embassy didn’t respond to Veteran Voice’s four email and telephone requests for comment by press time.

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Martin CountyTony Reese, Veterans Service Office SupervisorNick Ciotti, Veterans Service Officer(772) 288-5448Veterans Services OfficeMartin County Community Services435 S.E. Flagler Ave., Stuart, FL 34994Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.VA Life Insurance Ctr., Phil., PA - 1-800-669-8477 VA Regional Office - 1-800-827-1000 VA Medical Ctr, W. Palm Beach - 1-800-972-8262 Pharmacy, VA Medical Center - 1-800-317-8387 Military Retired Pay Activities, Cleveland, OH - (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force ONLY) 1-800-321-1080 Military Retired Pay Activities, Topeka, KS - (Coast Guard ONLY)1-800-772-8724 Survivor Benefits (SBP),Denver, CO - 1-800-435-3396 Stuart VA Clinic - (772) 288-0304 Okeechobee CountyVeterans Services office (863) 763-6441, Ext 5.Fax: (863) 763-0118.Orlando VA Medical Cente5201 Raymond St., Orlando, FL 32803(407) 629-1599 or (800) 922-7521Telephone Care(407) 599-1404 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon. - Fri. (800) 645-6895 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon - Fri (321) 637-3625 Viera patients8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Mon. - Fri. (877) 741-3400 Weekends, holidays, evenings and nights

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Driving the veteransAt 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 vet-erans 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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Photo by Patrick McCallister George Sanders is one of numerous volunteers who drive veterans to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers. The 75-year-old Stuart man has given about 12,000 hours to caring for veterans. See DRIVER page 6

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerLouis 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.

Gina Cavarella of Palm Beach Coun-ty 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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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerWorld War II veteran Walter Kroll of Port St. Lucie is greeted by several hundred fans, volunteers and service members following the arrival of the Southeast Florida Honor Flight Saturday, Sept. 7 at Palm Beach International Airport. The next flight takes place Saturday, Oct. 19. For additional information, visit www.honorflightsefl.org.

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they have problems. That’s when life can get a bit uncertain. “They know him,” Reese said.

“Being able to rely on him is huge. They have to get to the hos-pital and he’s extremely reliable.” Sanders is part of the Veter-

ans Transportation Network. The program is a collaborative effort of the VA, the Disabled American Veterans and some counties. Phillips said the West Palm medical center has six vans through the DAV’s Transporta-tion Network program. The DAV raises funds to purchase trans-port vans at a discounted rate, then donates them to the VA’s 172 medical centers for the pro-gram. Additionally, the West Palm VAMC has four other vans pro-vided by Indian River and Martin counties. Last fiscal year — Oct. 1 to June

30 — 46 volunteer drivers gave 8,024 hours to transport patients to medical-center appointments. They collectively drove veterans 130,396 miles for more than 13,000 appointments. Sanders isn’t a veteran, but said

his work at Northrop Grumman gave him a sense of connection to the nation’s military. He worked at the company’s Stuart facility from the mid-60s until it closed in the 1990s. Not how things were supposed to

work out when he moved to the area from New York City. Sand-ers’ then-wife had family living in Martin County. He moved down to open a pool hall. It was on Seventh Street in Stuart. That wasn’t working out as well as he hoped. After one particularly bad weekend, Sanders was rethinking

his life plans. “Monday, I went to apply for a

job at Grumman,” he said. “I had what it takes, so they took me in.” He helped build the F-14 Tomcat

and OV-1 Mohawk. When Grum-man moved out of Stuart, Sand-ers decided to stay. So, he retired. A few years later …“Someone said, ‘George, we need

a driver,’” he said. Sanders volunteered. He enjoyed

talking to the veterans and hear-ing their stories. One time while making some friendly chat with a veteran, another got annoyed. “He told me to shut up and

drive,” Sanders said. Sanders pulled over, got out and

opened the back passenger door. He told the veteran no matter what kind of news he’d gotten at the hospital to remember oth-ers in the van were people with emotions like himself. The man apologized. “You know, that man became

my best friend,” Sanders said. “I never had no more problems.” Phillips said volunteers must

pass background checks. “All drivers get a yearly physical

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To get a ride, a veteran must have an appointment at the VA medical center. To find out about getting rides in the West Palm Beach VAMC area, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Okeechobee and Hendry counties, call Patricia Cocilovo, DAV Trans-portation Coordinator, at (561) 422-7372, or the county’s veter-ans services. To find out about volunteering,

call Cocilovo at the above number.

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WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced to-day it is expanding the availability of services through the VetSuccess on Campus (VSOC) program to an additional 62 new locations this fall – bringing the number of VSOC schools across the country to 94. “VetSuccess on Campus is an innovative approach to help veterans

in the often difficult transition from military service to academic life,” said Allison A. Hickey, VA’s Under Secretary for Benefits. “Placing experienced VA counselors directly on college campuses strengthens

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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 Lib-

erty. 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 any-thing 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 mak-ing 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 vari-

ety of purposes, from fire fighting to medical care. The galley would become a makeshift ship’s hospi-tal during and after the attack. Among other things during the

attack, Heaney worked fire sup-pression. It’s well known that Is-rael used napalm bombs. Heaney said it also used phosphorous bombs. By the end of the attack, the Lib-

erty 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, He-

aney 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 declassi-fied information since the 1980s is consistent with the mistak-en-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 at-tack and seeking complete expla-nations is about accountability. “You’re not blaming the Jews

who live in Israel,” he said. “You’re blaming the government.”

LIBERTY from page 1

Department of the Navy USS Liberty (AGTR-5) receives assistance from units of the Sixth Fleet, after she was attacked and seriously damaged by Israeli forces off the Sinai Peninsula on 8 June 1967. An SH-3 helicopter is near her bow.

Exhibit on display in the National Crypto-logic Museum, Fort Meade, Md., listing names of the men who died in the attack.

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I am writing to request immediate clarification in regard to a very serious and troubling change in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) policy governing the tax exempt status of certain veterans’ organizations. As you know, 501 ( c )(19) of the Internal Revenue Code provides

tax exempt status to certain veterans’ organizations. Under Field De-termination Guidelines published on Jan. 27, 2011, these organiza-tions are now required to provide IRS auditors with materials includ-ing “membership applications, DD Forms 214, or other discharge documents” or risk a significant financial penalty. To ask these organizations to provide materials, some of which

include personally identifying information such as Social Security numbers and dates of birth, for, in some cases, millions of mem-bers seemingly without cause is unduly burdensome and completely unwarranted — particularly given the recent revelations that the IRS has been illegally targeting certain political groups. The American Legion, one of our country’s oldest and largest vet-

erans’ organizations, recently voiced their concerns about the legali-ty of this policy and the potential implications it could have on their membership. Ironically, the IRS’ Internal Revenue Code specifically lists the American Legion as an example of a group that qualifies for tax exemption. Congress has provided for the tax exempt status of veterans’

organizations in recognition of both the selfless service our nation’s veterans have provided and the important role veterans’organization play in honoring, remembering, and assisting some

of the most vulnerable and worthy among us — military families, wounded warriors, disabled veterans, and the widows, orphans, sur-vivors, and dependents of the fallen. Allegations that they are now being unfairly targeted by the gov-

ernment they sought to protect and defend is nothing short of unac-ceptable to me. As a result, I am requesting that the IRS provide, by no later

than close of business on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, complete written justification for requiring veterans organizations’ to provide these materials. This justification should include the legal authority for re-questing this information and a thorough description of what precip-itating event, if any, prompted the January 2011 policy change.If you have any questions or concerns regarding this request, please

contact Helen Tolar, staff director and chief counsel, via email at Helen.Tolar@,mail.house.gov or by calling (202) 225-3527. Thank you for your attention to this matter and for your work on

behalf of our nation’s veterans.

With warm personal regards, I am,

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Monday, Sept. 23 | 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.Vine & Barley Palm City

2591 SW High Meadows Ave.Palm City, FL 34990

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Tickets include dinner, cupcakes, and your choice of a $20 wine card or 5 beer tickets (craft and regular

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