MSNBCW The Rachel Maddow Show October 17, 2017
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 to join the u. S. Army. He signed up at 15. In his career in the army David Hackworth was awarded ten...
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