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  • Goodbye Hackworth; We'll Miss You

    05/14/2005 9:26:32 AM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 14 replies · 1,145+ views
    San Antonio Lightning ^ | Major Jim Miles (Ret.)
    GOD'S SPEED On May 4, 2005 Col. David Hackworth US Army Ret. lost his final battle to cancer in Mexico. He was 74-years-old. Hack, as he liked to be called, was a victim of Agents Orange and Blue, defoilants used during the Vietnam War. Hackworth spent 5 years in Vietnam and most of it in the field, "Bush" we called it a nickname for the jungle. As a result his exposure to these killer agents was high. Any veteran of the Vietnam War who spent a great deal of time in the field, including myself, is at risk of having...