Classmate David Hackett News Today

And attended an elite boarding school. a classmate of john kerry, then to princeton. but the combat death of classmate david hackett in vietnam inspired mueller to join the marine base. >> he was wounded in combat, shot through the leg, received a bronze star with valor, purple heart, and was right back in the fight a couple of weeks later. >> i always did consider myself fortunate to have lived through the war in vietnam and there were many men such as david hackett who did not. and in some sen...

Mueller now as special counsel is intense, but hes seen worse. >> dont forget this is a man in his early 20s fought in vietnam. i dont think theres anything in washington thats going to give him any type of fear that he faced when he was a young man. >> reporter: mueller grew up in the wealthy philadelphia suburbs and attended an elite boarding school. a classmate of john kerry. then to princeton. but the combat death of classmate david hackett in vietnam inspired mueller to join the marines. >>...