Talk:David Hackworth

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This article has a few grammar problems and should be cleaned up --Prospero 06:06, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

What more can be said about this patriotic American? Stevertigo

Well, a list of medals awarded would be nice. When they were awarded would be cool. Funkyj

I would fix the grammar mistakes, but I can't. The things locked. --Kross 04:07, May 6, 2005 (UTC)

I would like to see something about how he is culpable in the death of a man who was innocent of the charges Hackworth leveled against him

Contents 1 Clean-up 2 Added the Medals 3 What about Tiger Force? 4 Prose copyedit 5 NPOV 6 "Newsweek fired Hackworth"

[edit] Clean-up

This article is in need of a serious clean-up, with its NPOV statements, poor grammar, bad sentence structure. (E.g., "most patriotic American".) Jkp1187 16:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added the Medals

I think the page was locked because it was linked to from the "Deaths" section on the mainpage. --Jpbrenna 01:24, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm curious how his uniform jacket would look with all his authorized decorations (you know, the uniform that the Army says is equivalent to a business suit) --- it would probably go practically over his shoulder Eddieuny 17:43, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

He only wore the important ones, and since most of those were with multiple clusters, the ribbons did not take up that much room on his chest. They did not even look particularly impressive until you got close enough to see what they actually were. He was pretty snide about officers who covered themselves with "Right Place-Right Time" ribbons, which is ironic, because he made such a big stink about Borda wearing a Unit Commendation medal. Borda was a mustang, like himself, and Hackworth did not take gracefully to compitition. After becoming an officer he had very few, if any, real friends of equal rank--only admirers below his rank or superiors who could help his career.

[edit] What about Tiger Force?

Te article dosnt even mention it!--James Bond 07:27, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

He served with the Wolfhounds--not the Tiger Force. Nor did he serve in the Rangers, as often quoted. And according to his Official Service record (and people who knew him), he joined the Army at age 19, not 15.

He was a Ranger. The 27th Regiment (Wolfhounds) formed a Ranger Platoon and Hackworth was the Platoon leader. He went to a school of some sort were he was awarded the Ranger tab (by his Regimental commander?) but never went to Ranger School at Ft. Benning. This is what lead to the Ranger tab contrversey.

According to the Tiger Force wikipage, he started it as the Bn. commander of the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade (Separate), 101st Airborne Division. So while he may have been in the Wolfhounds, he was also connected to the Tiger Force in some way. Maybe we can delete this entry? Or change it to discuss exactly what his role in the Tiger force was, anyhow. Rhetth 18:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prose copyedit

I think that this article might do with being toned down a little. All in all it's a good read but it is overly effusive. Describing him as "... Americas' finest patriot of his generation" is a bit too much for an encyclopedia article. Phrase things a little more neutrally, after all the man's achievements speak for themselves.

Xdamr^talk 22:04, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

i removed the sentence: He was Americas' finest patriot of his generation. in the "interwar service" chapter. --80.63.213.182 22:07, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Newsweek fired Hackworth"

I am going to remove this phrase until someone who has knowledge of this incident can clarify a few things:

1.) Was it firing for cause or a layoff(i.e., simple failure to renew a contract.)

2.) If firing for cause, reason for the dismissal. Was it due to misconduct (or allegations thereof) in his investigation of the Navy officer mentioned? Or were there other issues?

2.) Sources for the above.