[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Seems like I read some place where "Colonel Kurtz" in "Apocalypse Now", the gung-ho Green Beret who loses it in Viet Nam and goes over to the dark side was not so loosely based on the real life character of Hackworth. My contacts in the SF circles tell me that Hack is definitely not well thought of or spoken of in those circles. Can someone confirm or deny the Kurtz-Hack association?

[Physicist]

Can someone confirm or deny the Kurtz-Hack association?

Well, considering that the character was created about 100 years ago (Apocalypse Now was an adaptation of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad), I think it's safe to say that it was not based on David Hackworth.

[Mustang]

Can't confirm...but me thinks Hack's haunting by Adm Border has intensified.

Mustang sends w/mega ;-D