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Creighton abrams called the best battalion commander i ever saw in the u.s. army. after he made those public remarks criticizing the war david hackworth got out of the army in 1971, he had to after criticizing the war as a serving officer in that way, at least he believed he had to. gave up his medals in protest although they were eventually reinstated years later. david hackworth moved halfway around the world. he lived in australia for a while, became a successful businessman there. but then h...

In part because he started really, really young. he used a fake i.d. to sign up in the first place when he was 15 years old. according to his "new york times" obituary he, quote, "paid a wino to pose as his father to certify he was old enough to join the u.s. army." again, he signed up at 15. in his career in the army david hackworth was awarded ten silver stars and eight bronze stars and eight purple hearts. david hackworth was his name, one of the most decorated soldiers of his generation or o...

Amount to? for those of his wife and children and mother, no, no, no. so david hackworth started off that reporting. the pentagon denied it, but hackworth was proven out and donald rumsfeld and the pentagon ultimately relented. december 16th donald rumsfeld put out a surreal statement which i should note never technically admitted it. i have directed that in the future i sign each letter. okay. and the surrealness of that statement and the behavior of donald rumsfeld, it was a little snapshot of...

Had something to say to the american public about the vietnam war that this country was still in and that he had been fighting in for all those years. on june 27th, 1971, david hackworth appeared on an abc news show called "issues and answers." and in that tv appearance he called vietnam a bad war. he said the united states should get out. he basically made the case that it was unwinnable. and you know, it is a powerful thing in our country when a veteran, especially a decorated veteran like him...

December 16th donald rumsfeld put out a surreal statement which i should note never technically admitted what he had done. but it was surreal. this is what he said. "i have directed that in the future i sign each letter." okay. and the surrealness of that statement and the behavior of donald rumsfeld, it was a little snapshot of the george w. bush administration on this issue. but beyond that personal strangeness from rumsfeld, this is not the issue on which you find a lot of dissent. right? you...

Before those four tours in vietnam, before that remarkable tour in korea david hackworth also served at the very tail end of world war ii. and the reason his career was able to span that distance, to span all those different conflicts over those decades is in part because he started really, really young. he used a fake i.d. to sign up in the first place when he was 15 years old. according to his "new york times" obituary he, quote, paid a wineo to pose as his father to certify he was old enough ...

Very highly decorated u.s. army colonel. so that decision from that position to make that dramatic pronouncement about war on the tv news, that was how the u.s. army lost the best battalion commander i ever saw in the u.s. army. after he made those public remarks criticizing the war david hackworth got out of the army in 1971, he had to after criticizing the war as a serving officer in that way, at least he believed he had to. gave up his medals in protest although they were eventually reinstate...

Colonel in 1971 when having just served those four hard tours in vietnam he decided back in the united states that he would go on tv as a serving u.s. army colonel because he felt like he had something to say to the american public about the vietnam war that this country was still in, that he had been fighting in for all those years. on june 27th, 1971, david hackworth appeared on an abc news show called "issues and answers." he called vietnam a bad war. he said the united states should get out....