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05-05-2005, 01:13 PM
David Hackworth, Vietnam vet and military analyst, dies at 74
David Hackworth, Vietnam vet and military analyst, dies at 74
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
May 5, 2005, 1:12 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. -- 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.
"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."
Newsday (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--obit-hackworth0505may05,0,3570135,print.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut)
America lost a true patriot today and the troops lost a good friend
David Hackworth, Vietnam vet and military analyst, dies at 74
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
May 5, 2005, 1:12 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. -- 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.
"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."
Newsday (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--obit-hackworth0505may05,0,3570135,print.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut)
America lost a true patriot today and the troops lost a good friend