After a twenty-five-year military career and 110 medals, Colonel David H. Hackworth chose a life of self-imposed exile in Australia for eighteen years before returning to the United States in 1989. He is the author of three other books, Hazardous Duty, The Price of Honor, and Steel My Soldiers' Hearts. He died in 2005.
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Colonel David H. Hackworth— one of America's most decorated soldiers— served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. After retiring from the military in 1971, he completed a second tour of battlefield duty as a war correspondent. Accompanying our nation'... SEE MORE