David Hackworth, Vietnam vet and military analyst, dies at 74

Newsday.com ^ | May 5, 2005 | MATT APUZZO

[AgentEcho]

Retired Army Col. David Hackworth, a decorated Vietnam veteran who spoke out against the war and later became a journalist and an advocate for military reform, died Wednesday in Mexico, where he was receiving treatment for bladder cancer, his wife said. He was 74.

"He died in my arms yesterday morning," his wife, Eilhys England, said Thursday.

Hackworth, a syndicated columnist for King Features, advocated a streamlined military and improved conditions for troops.

[tiredoflaundry]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Rest in Peace Brother

[auboy]

I'm sorry to hear of his passing, Bladder cancer had to be very painful. Yes, 74 is too young.

[jpl]

Colonel Hackworth was one of our most decorated servicemen in the history of our country. Rest in peace, soldier, and thank you from a grateful nation.

[skeeter]

Wow, I didn't know he was sick.

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Your thinking of Col Hunt

Yes, that who I was thinking of. Couldn't put the name with the face. Thanks.

[RebelBanker]

Rest in Peace, Colonel. I disagreed with his politics but respected the heck out of his service in uniform.

IIRC, the one on Fox with the raspy voice is named Hunt.

[Travis McGee]

He took his death like a man, without whining to us all about it. I'll give him that much.

RIP Hack.

[evolutionary]

Is it your opinion that the behavior of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib should have continued? It is the responsibility of the media to expose atrocious behavior even if it makes our govt. or military look bad. The media was not responsible for the Abu Ghraib scandal, but the military was.

[jbstrick]

God Bless the Col.

He served his country, and should be honored as a hero.

We disagreed on many things, but I know where he would have stood if the enemy were at the gates.

[DTogo]

I agree: strange politics but an honorable soldier.

[Bar-Face]

Rest in Peace Colonel

[Skeeve14]

screw the politics. he was a good man. people like him protected us and allowed us to express our different views today...

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Thank you. Wasn't Hackworth on MSNBC?

[Obadiah]

And I know of no one who those quacks in Mexico have cured.

You know, that's true. You always hear about people making a pilgrimage to Mexico while in the last stages of cancer, yet I have never once read a success story - never.

[Reagan79]

that's what I figured.

[quadrant]

He was one fine soldier. I never met him and read only one of his books, but I admired him as a man who spoke the truth.

[SuziQ]

I pray he's finally at peace.

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Ohhhhh, thanks for the picture. Now I remember him. How sad. His politics were different than mine but, he sure did care about our soldiers. God rest his soul.

[facedown]

RIP, troop.