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FORT PIERCE — There was pride and there were tears in equal measure as the Nation-al Navy SEAL Museum hosted the presentation of hand-carved canes to 14 distinguished vet-erans. The March 22 ceremony paid tribute to survivors of WWII, Korea, Vietnam and more recent conflicts.The canes were the work of the

Indian River Woodcarvers. Lloyd Lasenby, representing the orga-nization, presented the canes to each veteran with a word about his accomplishments. Each cane contained a representation of the medals awarded each recipient and was topped by a carved eagle.One of the honorees, Rudy

Warshawsky, of Delray Beach, is believed to be the only surviving member of Company E, 506th Reg-iment, 101st Airborne, known as “Easy Company” and immortal-ized in the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers.”Warshawsky saw action in Nor-

mandy and Korea. His spine was shattered and he sits in a wheel-chair. Everyone came to pay their respects. When asked if he had seen the series based on Easy Company’s experiences, he shook his head.“I didn’t see the movie, I could

write it,” he said. Tara Baldwin, sister of Aar-

Vets honored with hand-made canes

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerPrivate Stephan Gabriel accepts congratulations for his service and a hand-carved cane created by members of the Indian River Woodcarvers from General Wayne Jackson at the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum Friday, March 22. Each cane had the receiving veteran’s name and rank affixed to the cane with an American Eagle handle.

on Vaughn, a member of Navy SEAL Team 6, who died when the helicopter in which he was riding was shot down over Afghanistan,

accepted the cane on her broth-er’s behalf. She said that Camp 300, the

camp for boys who have lost fathers while on active duty, will have its first session April 12-14 with nine campers. The camp is a way of celebrating the life of Aaron Vaughn as well as helping kids who’ve lost their dads.St. Lucie County commissioners

Chris Dzadovsky and Paula Lewis were on hand for the ceremony, as were Jeff Luther of the Indian

River Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Ken Mascara of St. Lucie County.“It’s an honor to be here for this

event,” Lewis said. “They have done so much.”Retired Army General Wayne

Jackson spoke about the price soldiers and their loved ones pay. “Veterans answer the call when

our way of life is threatened,” he said. “When we wake up in a free land, it’s because people

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerMaster Sergeant Rudy Warshawsky accepts a hand-carved cane created by members of the Indian River Woodcarvers and a handshake from St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara at the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum Friday, March 22. Each cane had the receiving veteran’s name and rank affixed to the cane with an American Eagle handle. War-shawsky fought with the elite Easy Company 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne whose tale was told in the HBO mini-series ’Band of Brothers’ and was injured on D-Day in 1944.

Donna Sweitzer kisses her dad, R.L. Sweitzer, both of Vero Beach before being recognized for his service by Gen-eral Wayne Jackson, US Army retired at the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum Friday, March 22. Sweitzer served with the 3rd Division of the 7th US Army and was wounded in action during the Battle of the Bulge Oct. 16, 1945.

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answered the call. The families left be-hind carry a heavy burden. They might not carry a rucksack, but they carry the heaviest burden of all.”Most of the men receiving canes were

decorated enlisted men, although retired Major Richard Chapman of Port St. Lucie, a helicopter pilot who was shot down over Laos, was also honored. He was the recip-ient of two Purple Hearts and the Distin-guished Flying Cross. Ed Salsbury, served in Vietnam in 1968-

1969, was wounded on Friday the 13th in June 1969. Among his many medals are a Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars. When asked to talk about his accom-plishments and what this ceremony meant to him, he teared up and shook his head. “I’m proud,” he whispered. “It’s nice. I’m

not a show off.”Bill Arcuri, a past cane recipient, was

also a quiet hero. Someone else had to mention that Arcuri spent time as a POW in the infamous ‘Hanoi Hilton.”Andy Brady, director of community

outreach at the Museum, said that it was a special honor for the facility to host the event, which was standing room only.“We witnessed things (today) that you’d

see on The History Channel,” he said. “It’s right here in the Museum in St. Lucie County.”General Jackson reminded the audience

that there are those still in harm’s way and that many pay a price after service.“All wounds are not visible,” he said.”For those in attendance, it was a small

way to say ‘thanks.’

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerTara Vaughn Baldwin accepts a hand-carved cane created by members of the Indian River Woodcarvers organization in honor of her brother, Aaron Vaughn, at the Navy UDT-SEAL Museum Friday, March 22. Each cane had the receiving veteran’s name and rank affixed to the cane with an American Eagle handle.

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It’s been 40 years. On March 29, 1973, the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, was deacti-vated. That officially ended Amer-ica’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Like so much with the Viet-nam War, when America’s involve-ment started and ended are debat-ed points to this day. Depending on how military involvement is counted, America spent upwards of about 25 years embroiled in a war aimed at stemming the rise of communism in Asia and the world. Vietnam veterans Marty Zick-

ert, Jerry Smith and Ed Maxwell spoke to Veteran Voice on the de-activation’s anniversary, and the day after. Their lingering frus-tration about how the war was fought, their homecomings, and America’s collective response to it then and now is palpable. “I guess I could say, what hap-

pened (On March 29) is kind of a pretty sound statement about what the war was,” Maxwell said. “Yesterday you didn’t see any pa-rade. You didn’t see a statement

from the Oval Office. You didn’t see it in the papers.” He continued, “The country

wants to forget that war, and we shouldn’t. There were a lot of les-sons to learn, and I don’t know if we learned them.” Maxwell is first vice president of

the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1041, Stuart. The orga-nization is open to veterans who served on active duty in the Re-public of Vietnam between Feb. 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975, or any location from Aug. 5, 1964, to May 7, 1975. Smith is the charter president. “I don’t know that we learned

anything from Vietnam,” he said. “We shouldn’t be in wars where we don’t go in to win and get our point across,” he said. “I think we should have been there. I think it helped stopped the aggression of communism in the world.” Zickert is more skeptical about

whether American service mem-bers should have fought in Viet-nam. He’s the president of the VVA’s Chapter 1038, Vero Beach, and chair of the Veterans Council of Indian River County“Why were we there in the first

The end of Vietnam:40 years ago

Photo courtesy of Patrick McCallisterThe Florida Capital Building as reflected on the Florida Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, across Monroe Street from the Old Capital, Tallahassee. Governor Bob Graham ded-icated the $500,000 memorial on Nov. 11, 1985. The memorial bears the names of Florida residents who died in the Vietnam War.

place?” he said. “It’s much like the current war we’re in. What are we doing there?” He continued, “There were a lot of

excuses at the time that it would stem the tide of communism and the domino effect. We weren’t try-ing to win. We never dropped a bomb on an airfield.” The roots of the Vietnam War go

back to 1949 with the signing of the Elysee Agreement, in which France recognized Vietnam as a single state within the French Union. A year later, China rec-ognized the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, North Vietnam, and provided military assistance to a former American ally against the Japanese in World War II, the League for the Independence of Vietnam, better remembered as the Viet Minh. After numerous convoluted

twists and turns, most agree that the Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when President Duong Van Minh announced the uncon-ditional surrender of the Republic of Vietnam. By then, more than 530,000 American military mem-bers had spent time in Vietnam. More than 58,000 died. By 1990, worldwide communism

had started unraveling in dramat-

ic and quiet revolutions. Today Vietnam, like other communist nations, has largely embraced a progressively capitalist economic system and seems to be inching toward broader political freedoms, although it remains a single-party state headed by the Communist Party of Vietnam. Zickert, a former Air Force pilot,

is an avid model airplane collec-tor. He said it surprised him when he realized that his latest mod-el of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was made in Vietnam. The Phantoms were used by the Air Force and Navy during the Vietnam War. Nevertheless, mod-els of the planes are being made in Vietnam and sold in the United States. The three Vietnam veterans said

the war has cast a shadow to to-day. They all noted that Vietnam veterans seem to have a below-av-erage life expectancy. “In a lot of cases (being a Vietnam

veteran) was detrimental to getting work and to career development,” Smith said. “Vietnam veterans of-ten had to go that extra mile, do a little more, just to succeed.” Indeed, 40 years on, no Vietnam

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Public office natural transition frommilitary service, some say

Elected office is full of sacrifices. It’s a calendar crammed with

long, dry meetings that serve up a mind-numbing alphabet soup of government acronyms, along with a constant waterfall of con-stituent calls, letters and emails to answer, learning everything there is about esoteric sciences such as traffic-study methodolo-gies, and living by specific state ethics rules about who to talk to about what, when and where. Then there are the reporters who think elected officials’ personal cell numbers are theirs to call at all hours for impromptu inter-views. In other words, elected office is a

busy, stressful job full of difficult decisions that veterans are well-trained to do. “I believe a military career would

serve you better than anything to become an elected official,” John Haddox, new Martin County Commissioner and Navy veteran, said. Veteran Sebastian City Council-

woman and former Mayor Andrea Coy agreed, but offered a caveat.“I think military experience pro-

vides a great foundation for any-one who wants to enter politics, but it’s not the ‘be all and end all,’” she said. “It’s what the per-son does when they’re elected.” Coy served in the Army from

1976 to 1997. She retired at the rank of master sergeant. According to the Veterans Cam-

paign, the number of veterans serving in federal elected offices has declined for the last 40 years. That’s likely true for state, county and municipal offices, too. Veter-ans Campaign is a non-partisan organization based at George Washington University that

urges veterans to run by offering lessons about running for and functioning in elected offices. It started in 2009. The campaign reports that from

the late ‘60s to ‘70s, about three quarters of U.S. senators and representatives were veterans. In 2013, less than 20 percent of the 535 members of Congress are veterans. About 22 percent of the 112th Congress had been active-duty military. With John Kerry’s move to Secretary of State, there are now 102 veter-ans in Congress. Of those, 16 are veterans of operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, Iraq and Afghanistan, including Florida Representative Ron DeSantis, 6th

District. Part of the decline of veterans

in elected office has to do with a general reduction in their pop-ulation. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are about 22.7 million mil-itary veterans living in the U.S. As military equipment improved and accompanying jobs become more specialized, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard need-ed fewer members. By 2035, the number of veterans is expected to drop to 14 million.From 2000 to 2010, there was

about a 15 percent decrease in veterans, as older veterans died, but weren’t being replaced with as many younger ones. Florida lost somewhere between 11 to 19 percent of its veterans even as the state’s general population swelled from about 16 million to 19 million. However, Florida re-mains one of only four states with more than a million veterans, ac-cording to the state Department

of Veterans Affairs, a state agency separate from the federal Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs.Haddox served in the Navy

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Bebsole and more than 100 fel-low letter carriers, postal advo-cates and members of the public gathered last Sunday to protest U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe’s request before Con-gress to cut Saturday delivery starting in August. If Donahoe has his way, only packages, also known as parcels, would be deliv-ered on Saturdays. Donahoe said the slash would keep the system operational.Bebsole called the move “irre-

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Postal workers deliver Saturday message

Staff photo by Nicole RodriguezCrystal Obliske, U.S. Postal Service letter carrier from Toledo, Ohio and Fort Pierce letter carrier Sandra Cotcamp rallied outside of the Midway Road post office in Fort Pierce on March 24 to protest a five-day delivery system. Both women were just two of a crowd that numbered more than 100. One hundred similar protests took place across the country that Sunday.

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Midway Road post office in Fort Pierce, was one of 100 of its kind that day around the country. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Dist. 18 joined a Palm Beach rally.In an emailed statement, Murphy said “Since

1775, the United States Postal Service has been an important part of our nation, impact-ing the way we communicate and our econo-my.”“… But the USPS is currently facing grave

economic difficulty,” Murphy continued. “This is in part due to a decline in revenues due to an increase in digital communications, but is also to a larger extent due to a flawed formula used to calculate the USPS’ contributions to their retirement system, and a requirement that the USPS must pre-fund 75 years of future retiree health benefits in just 10 years. This is something that no other agency or company is required to do.”Murphy went on to say there are better solu-

tions to consolidate debt.“I also believe that, instead of reducing ser-

vice, we need to find a comprehensive way to address the underlying financial hardships facing the USPS.”“I am proud to cosponsor the Postal Ser-

vice Protection Act, which would end the pre-funding mandate, allow the USPS to recover pension overpayments, protect six-day delivery, re-establish overnight delivery, preserve rural post offices, allow the USPS to

provide new products and services to gener-ate revenue, provide the USPS flexibility in setting postal rates and recalculate the USPS’ pension contributions,” Murphy said.Kevin Byrne, a Port St. Lucie resident and

letter carrier since 1978, agrees with Mur-phy’s proposal. Byrne, whose route is in Stuart, is also the

Congressional district Liason for the Nation-al Association of Letter Carriers for the 18th Congressional District.“The real reason the postal service is losing

money is because in 2006, we were mandated to pay for 75 years’ worth of health benefits for future retirees within a 10 year period,” Byrne said. “That accounts for 80 percent of the money the postal service has lost in recent years…”“… There is $45 billion we’ve put into that

account. Just compounding interest alone would likely cover. We’ve got enough to cover many, many years into the future already.”Byrne said the move would undoubtedly

translate into job loss.“The elimination of Saturday delivery would

mean about 25,000 city letter carrier jobs would be lost,” Byrne said. “And overall, there would be closer to 80,000 postal jobs lost nationally. That would slow down the whole mail system. It would slow the way you pay your bills and have an impact on everybody.”

Carrier Brian Johnson, who lives in Port St. Lucie and delivers in St. Lucie West, said he can’t afford to be jobless. “It seems that the first cut is the drastic cut,”

Johnson said. “This is my means right here. My wife has opened her own business, but the majority is taken care of from my income. I have kids in college and things are getting crazy with prices.”Other sectors that will suffer greatly from the

cut are veterans and seniors, said six-year Army veteran Doug Scholpp, of Port St. Lucie, who works out of the Stuart office.The U.S. Postal Service is the largest civilian

employer of veterans and currently employs about 130,000 former service members.“What’s most disturbing to me is we have

returning veterans who are trying to feed families and pay mortgages,” said Scholpp, who has been delivering mail for 31 years. “The job market is bad enough. This would block the labor opportunities for our return-ing veterans.”Scholpp said the ripple effects will be wide-

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“What’s most disturbing to me is we have returning veterans who are trying to feed families and pay mortgages,” said Scholpp, who has been delivering mail

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lower barriers to live a fulfilling life. In 1976, Dick Traum, an above the knee amputee, became the first amputee to run the New York City Marathon. Seven years after the historic run, Traum founded Achilles International.“I want to bring awareness

that people with disabilities can enter into mainstream races and achieve the satisfaction of being able to race with regular people, because technically we are reg-ular people,” Dugmore said. “It’s just that some of us have sus-tained injuries or some of us have been born with a disability. It’s nice to not be separated from the regular runners.”Dugmore hopes to inspire others

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involved in the sport,” he said. “I want to get people who are newly injured to not have to wait so long.”Dugmore was one of 20 other

hand cyclists who completed the 13.1 kilometer race. Each had their own tale of hope. Despite having lost the use of

both legs, Keith Winchell, 50, of The Villages near Ocala, finished first in 38:37.790. The U.S. Air Force veteran, who served for 24 years, was involved in a motor-cycle crash as a New York City police officer in 2007. Winchell’s rehab therapist put him on a hand cycle while he was still con-fined in a chest cast. And the rest is history.

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down,” he said. “It’s how you get back up again.”Jimmy Crews, 22, placed second

with a time of 47:28.710. The Pembroke Pines resident over-came slim odds to make a recov-ery from a 2008 car accident that left him hospitalized for three months. Crews’ mother, Patricia, said

doctors didn’t think her son would walk again.“When he got out (of the hospi-

tal) he was in a wheelchair and hardly speaking,” she said. “You could see what he’s doing now. He uses a cane and is doing really well. He’s an inspiration to everybody. He’s one of God’s angels.”Crews trained intensely for the

race and offered words of en-couragement to other trauma patients.“I bike ride once or twice a week

and go to the gym at least five days a week,” said Crews, who congratulated fellow riders as they crossed the finish line. “I tell everyone never give up. If you put your mind to it, anything is possible.”Volunteers Stacey and Roy Grif-

fith of St. Lucie West said helping Achilles is a rewarding experi-ence.

“It’s something that makes us so happy to give back.”Marine Vietnam veteran Cletis

Mays, 62, of Sunrise, lost his legs in combat. He finished in 56:58.090.“Feel better about yourself, get

up and get going,” Mays said.Fellow veterans, Michael Fidler,

46, and Fabiola Munoz, 37, both of Miami, finished 01:13:35.753 and 00:52:46.420 respectively.Fidler, a Gulf War Army veter-

an, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, said listening to reggae artist Bob Marley helped fuel him through the race. “It’s really fun to get out and get

that feeling again of competition,” he said with an infectious smile.Munoz, a Navy veteran who

became a paraplegic after a “freak accident” while in the service, said time heals all wounds. “I went to a dark place. It was

hard. It took a lot of years to figure my body out again and see what I could do,” Munoz said. “Give it time, it gets better. I promise.”

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combat veteran has ever served as president, although George W. Bush was a Vietnam-era Texas Air National Guard veteran. He never went to Vietnam. This contrasts sharply with other wars, except for Korea. Five American presidents were

veterans of the War of 1812. Sev-en were in the Civil War. Theodore Roosevelt famously served in the Spanish-American War. Harry Truman was a combat veteran in World War I who’d go on to the White House. Dwight Eisenhower was in the Army during that war, but he never saw combat in it. Six presidents were in World War II, including Eisenhower. In all, 24 of the 43 presidents

were combat veterans.

However, President Barak Obama’s cabinet now has three famous Vietnam veterans: John Kerry is Secretary of State, Chuck Hagel Secretary of Defense, and Eric Shinseki has been Secretary of Veterans Affairs since 2009. “I think we’re making progress,”

Maxwell said. “If I had my dru-thers about having a Vietnam vet-eran as president, or two or three in cabinet level, I prefer in the cab-inet level. More can be done there. It would be nice to have a Vietnam veteran as president.”Governor Rick Scott, a Viet-

nam-era Navy veteran, proclaimed March 30 as Welcome Home Viet-nam Veterans Day in Florida. There are about 450,000 Viet-nam-era veterans in the Sunshine State. For information about the VVA chapters, visit vva1038.org and vva1041.org.

through all the enlisted ranks and finished his military career as a lieutenant. He said making the switch from a county veterans service officer to commissioner was natural, although he hesitat-ed. “I was always interested in

politics,” he said. “I’d listen to the news and read the paper. In Martin County, our major issue was rapid growth, or slow growth. I was fascinated with how the pendulum swung both ways.” Coy ran for office because she

felt there were problems in Se-bastian that weren’t getting fixed. “People don’t just say, ‘Oh, I’d

like to get on city council,’ she said. “They really don’t. They get on it because they have an issue. I wouldn’t be on the city council if I hadn’t had an issue I wanted resolved and was getting nowhere fast.” Haddox said there are great

similarities between his military career and work on the commis-sion. “I think they’re very similar,” he

said. “In the Navy, every day you analyze problems and make deci-sions. To me, they’re very similar. We have to listen to (county) staff and the public, analyze it and make a decision.” Coy, too, said her 21 years in

the military and eight in public service are quite similar.“Because of my diverse military

background and moving around, I’m very adaptable to chang-es,” she said. “I left the military understanding change is good. It can be good. It also taught me accountability – learning how to play on a team and how to win and lose graciously.” Coy said some veterans seem

poor at translating their military experience to elected office. “I can think one veteran that is

not a good example of a veter-an and I’m happy he didn’t get re-elected,” she said. “And that’s Allen West.” Coy said that she felt West

became caught up with being an ideologue celebrity at the expense of constituent representation. Much of what congressional representatives spend their time doing is the mundane work of helping their states and districts get fair apportionment of federal funds, such as the Community Block Development Grant and Department of Veterans Affairs programs. She said West’s performance

as a Congressman seemed com-

OFFICE from page 5 pletely counter to what service members learn about leader-ship in the military. “Allen West, to me he’s an

example of a political leader for whom power went to his head,” she said. “I found him to be obnoxious. He forgot where he came from. He forgot the people who elected him. He got caught up with the glitz and glamour of Fox News, and forgot the job he was sup-posed to be doing.” Coy doesn’t live in West’s for-

mer district. She declined to say whether she’s a Democrat or Republican, noting that the Sebastian City Commission is a non-partisan political body and its members don’t care which party others belong to. Patrick Murphy narrowly

defeated West in a contentious bid for the state’s 18th Con-gressional District. Murphy is not a veteran. Governor Rick Scott is among

Florida’s most prominent veterans holding office. He served in the Navy from 1971 to 1974. The governor’s office did not respond to requests for information about how Scott’s Navy service affects his gover-norship.

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