Col. Hackworth died?

[ewagner]

Just caught a brief bit on the Frankin show.....

If it's true, I'm very sorry to hear it. The American military man had no better advocate or person who cared enough to fight for them.

:cry:

[SW FL Dem]

1. CNN just confirmed it. n/t

[anarchy1999]

3. Oh no, Not Hackworth, what happened?

We can't afford to lose him.

[SW FL Dem]

6. Bladder Cancer

he died while seeking treatment in Mexico. According to CNN, he died in his wife's arms yesterday morning.

[ewagner]

5. Now that it is confirmed

I want to offer my deepest sympathies to his family.

RIP Colonel....and thank you, Sir :patriot:

[Fenris]

2. Fuck.

:(

[Pilgrim4Progress]

4. So very sorry to hear this. n/t

[Pithy Cherub]

7. My profound respect and deepest condolences to

the Hackworth family.

He truly was on the side of the military and the families of those who serve by telling the truth!

[lebkuchen]

8. I'm sorry to hear this. He called Rummy an "asshole," which was being kind

Who knew he was even ill...

He was 74, one of the most decorated veterans in U.S. history.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44133

Hackworth served four tours of duty in Vietnam and was one of the first senior officers to speak out publicly against the Vietnam War. He was nearly court-martialed before he retired from the military in 1971 and gave up his medals in protest.

He moved to Australia and made millions in a restaurant business and a duck farm. His medals were reissued by Brig. Gen. John Howard in the 1980s and he returned to the United States.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050505/ap_on_re_us/obit_hackworth_1

[Clark2008]

9. OMG! I LOVED him!

:cry:

He always wrote back - he was wonderful.

The troops have lost a great crusader.

[radar]

10. That sucks :(

I liked his blog stories...

http://www.hackworth.com/

Soldiers For The Truth
http://www.sftt.org/main.cfm

"...seeking treatment in Mexico..."
Geez - one can infer that doesn't speak well of US healthcare available for veterans anymore...

[H2O Man]

11. Sad news.

I had great respect for him. Our loss.

[recovering democrat]

12. Condolences and a prayer

Hackworth.com has been a wonderful resource for me personally in dealing with issues related to my family. He has always been awesome and will be missed.

This prayer link is on his site and I just want to add it here as part of my prayers for the American military in its loss of this real hero.

http://www.hackworth.com/prayer.html

[JHB]

13. Taps for Hack

:patriot:

[proud patriot]

14. We have lost a great Human

I wish his family my deepest condolences .

He will be missed by many :cry:

[11 Bravo]

15. Ahhh SHIT! Hack was one of the good guys.

I never had the privilege of serving under him, but we chewed some of the same dirt.

[G_j]

16. very sad

thank you Col.

[frankly_fedup2]

17. Is he the man that was always talking to Hannity on TV and on

Hannity's radio show? They were friends until Hannity kept pushing the war and this military man said there was no reason for lives to be lost just because b*** said they had found WMD's because he knew that was not true. He also was vividly angry at Hannity and hung up or something. After that, I never heard anything about this man.

Was it that Colonel Hackworth? I hope they will let this man rest in peace.