Old Reliables Pass In Review...
You were one a hell of a soldier sir...
and a good officer to serve under as was your friend Col Schroeder.
2/39th 9th ID Hooah!
Posted on 05/05/2005 1:24:28 PM PDT by Ramonan
Retired Army Col. David Hackworth, one of the most decorated veterans in U.S. history who became a vocal advocate for military reform, died yesterday in Mexico at 74.
Hackworth returned from Vietnam as a strong critic of the war, later becoming a journalist and author of several best-selling books.
He had written a weekly column for WorldNetDaily for seven years.
Hackworth was in Mexico for treatments of bladder cancer, which he had battled for some time.
"He died in my arms yesterday morning," his wife, Eilhys England, said today.
Hackworth pushed for streamlined military and improved conditions for troops.
"Hack never lost his focus," said Roger Charles, president of Soldiers for the Truth, a California-based veterans group for which Hackworth served as chairman. "That focus was on the young kids that our country sends to bleed and die on our behalf. Everything he did in his retirement was to try to give them a better chance to win and to come home. That's one hell of a legacy."
Sometimes it even works. My office mate's husband gets certain medications from Mexico, and does frequent over the phone consultations to continuously adjust the dosage, the mix, and his diet.
He's way outlived what the US doctors said he would. He's not even "disabled" really. Technically he is, and certainly can no longer hold a job. He tires very easily, but he can get out and do stuff, doesn't yet require a walker (at least not around the house) and until a couple of months ago he could even drive for short trips in the local area. Still can actually, although it makes his wife nervous when he does. He's alot thinner and weaker than before he got the cancer, but he's a lot less dead than the US docs said he would be. He's also under care of a local hospice for the terminally ill. But's he's been terminal for several years now
The story:
The Hoxsey therapy was started in 1840, when it was used on a horse with a cancerous sore on its leg. This formula was passed down through the Hoxsey family and has been used internally and externally on humans for more than fifty years. Mildred Nelson, R.N., now operated this clinic [Bio-Medical Centre], which has been in Tijuana since 1963 and formerly was run by the late Harry Hoxsey." (Fink 1997) Hoxsey was "convicted three times in the 1920s for practicing medicine without a license. In 1930, he was permanently enjoined from violating the Iowa medical practice act. In the 1950s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration forced him to stop seeing patients." (CA 1993)
Hoxsey's treatment for cancer was based on a formula of ten weeds growing in a field where Hoxsey's grandfather's horse had grazed and been cured of a reported leg cancer. (Janssen)
After being prosecuted for violating the medical practice laws of several states, Hoxsey set up a 'clinic' in Dallas, Texas. (Janssen)
Hoxsey developed prostate cancer in 1967 and treated himself unsuccessfully with his tonic. He eventually underwent conventional surgery. He died in 1974. (Hafner)
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7 years with prostate cancer, at first treated with only the Hoxey method. Doesn't sound completely ineffective. However, as I understand it, the clinic doesn't tout it's treatment as a stand alone cure, but rather something to be used in conjunction with surgery and other more conventional therapies. Also, he apparently had more success with "external" cancers, rather than the "internal" ones, such as prostrate, kidney, liver, bone marrow, etc, etc
"Hack never lost his focus,"
Hell, he was out of focus on current affairs, he went off the fuzzy edge.
Old Reliables Pass In Review...
You were one a hell of a soldier sir...
and a good officer to serve under as was your friend Col Schroeder.
2/39th 9th ID Hooah!
I think you misunderstood me.
FReegards,
FMCDH(BITS)
Yes. Keyword..."wasn't". His service is not diminished by his later behavior. I honor his service and will not speak ill of the dead.
RIP Colonel.
FMCDH(BITS)
Condolences to family and friends.
When your health is on the line. . .and you want to try alternatives; many are ''there'; and a number of medical centers; including Mayo Clinic, I believe. . .are offering adjunct alternative therapies to be used in combination with the traditional. Of course, some Doctors are not yet ready to 'go there'. . .
In the end; one must decide. . .if he wants choices. . .or not.
Of course, clinics in Mexico. . .out -of-country; et al; are a different level of choice.
Condolences to family and friends
I think that Steve McQueen did the same thing......
Prayers for him and his family.
But I will not mourn his passing all that much.
RIP Colonel.
Thank you for your service.
I think that Steve McQueen was using some drug made from peach pits that was popular at the time, but the clinic was also in Mexico.
You really have to question the wisdom and current sanity of anyone who would go to Mexico for medical treatment when we have Mexican immigrants pouring over our borders re-introducing old diseases faster than our hospitals can defeat them and bring them under control.
Laetril?
This is the guy who always wore turtleneck shirts, right?
Yes, he was one of our old Wardogs, a hell of a good soldier. As most have noted, we had some differences of opinion with the Col. in these last few years but we must remember his service, which was honorable to say the least, a good example for us all.
He loved the men, who would dare fault him for that? He wanted everything for the grunt, he was a grunt's grunt, not only that but the Vietnam Primer is good material for all soldiers and leaders, especially NCOs. His legacy is one of trying to make things better for the men, may he rest in peace. We salute you Colonel.
God bless the soul of another hero. Thanks Colonel.
Hack turned out to be rather prescient, while Hugh turned out to be what he always was, a cheerleader for neo cons with piety in one hand and a juvenile sense of humor in the other.
As a conservative I'd rather be led by Hack.
Rest in heaven Good Soldier.
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