Editing David Hackworth (section)

==Post-military career==
===Australia===
After leaving the Army, Hackworth settled on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Australian Gold Coast]] near [[Brisbane]].<ref name="Tweed">{{cite news |date=May 12, 2005 |title=US colonel sought solace on Tweed |url=https://www.tweeddailynews.com.au/news/apn-us-colonel-sought-solace-on/148481/ |work=[[Tweed Daily News]] |location=Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia}}</ref> He soon made a fortune through profitable ventures that included [[real estate investing]], a duck farm, and a popular restaurant called Scaramouche.<ref name="Tweed"/><ref name="Sydney">{{cite news |date=May 13, 2005 |title=Skilled soldier was a rebel with a cause |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/skilled-soldier-was-a-rebel-with-a-cause-20050513-gdlb8h.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location= Sydney, New South Wales, Australia}}</ref> He was also active in the Australian [[antinuclear movement]].<ref name="Sydney"/>

===Writing ===
Hackworth returned to the U.S. in the mid-1980s and began working as a contributing editor on defense issues for ''[[Newsweek]]''. He also made regular television appearances to discuss various military-related topics, and the shortcomings of the military. His commentary on the psychological effects of [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], based on his own experiences in overcoming it, resonated with disabled veterans.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}

In the mid-1990s, Hackworth investigated Admiral [[Jeremy Michael Boorda]], then Chief of Naval Operations. Hackworth, through his ''Newsweek'' articles, questioned Boorda's longtime wearing of two bronze [["V" device|"valor pins"]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beneath the Waves |url=https://www.newsweek.com/beneath-waves-178388 |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date=13 March 2010 |orig-date=26 May 1996 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref>  (in the Navy, the "V" device was worn on certain decorations to denote valor in combat or direct combat participation with the enemy) on his [[Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal|Navy Commendation Medal]] and [[Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal|Navy Achievement Medal]] service ribbons, generating much controversy. Boorda committed suicide before he could be interviewed by Hackworth, who had received at least one [[Army Commendation Medal]] and other decorations with the "V" device from the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War (in the Army, the "V" device denoted valor in combat only). The Navy reviewed the matter and determined afterwards that the two "Combat Distinguishing Devices" ([["V" device|Combat "V"'s]]) that Boorda had worn on two of his uniform service ribbons since the Vietnam War and until almost a year before Hackworth's and ''Newsweek's'' intervention, were both unauthorized despite the fact Boorda and some others serving on Boorda's destroyer had been given verbal authorization for the devices by Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]] during the war.{{Cn|date=May 2024}}

Hackworth's last assignment in a combat/conflict zone was with ''Newsweek'' during the initial deployment of US forces into [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] as part of the [[Implementation Force]] in February 1996. Hackworth joined 3rd Battalion, [[5th Cavalry Regiment|5th Cavalry]] of the 1st Brigade, [[1st Armored Division (United States)|1st Armored Division]] near the disputed village of Brcko. Hackworth interviewed a number of officers and enlisted soldiers, reinforcing his historical tenure as a seasoned combat veteran of previous wars and as a well-known and respected journalist.

Hackworth appeared on countless television and radio talk shows and formed his own website, [[Soldiers for the Truth Foundation|Soldiers for the Truth]], continuing to be the self-proclaimed voice of the "grunts" (ground troops) until his death.

[[King Features Syndicate]] distributed Hackworth's weekly column "Defending America".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Col. David. H. Hackworth, Legendary U.S. Army Guerrilla Fighter, Champion of the Ordinary Soldier, Dead at 74 |url=https://kingfeatures.com/2005/05/col-david-h-hackworth-legendary-u-s-army-guerrilla-fighter-champion-of-the-ordinary-soldier-dead-at-74/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023152303/https://kingfeatures.com/2005/05/col-david-h-hackworth-legendary-u-s-army-guerrilla-fighter-champion-of-the-ordinary-soldier-dead-at-74/ |archive-date=23 October 2013 |publisher=[[King Features Syndicate]] |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> Many of his columns discussed the [[War on Terrorism]] and the [[Iraq War]] and were concerned with the policies of the American leadership in conducting the wars, as well as the conditions of the soldiers serving.  Hackworth continued the column until his death from [[bladder cancer]] in May 2005. Associates believe that his cancer was caused by exposure to [[Agent Blue]]<ref name=agentblue>{{cite web
  | author    = Hackworth, Ellis England
  | title     = Bells for a Fallen Hero
  | publisher = [[Soldiers for the Truth]] website
  | url       = http://www.sftt.org/
}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2024}}<!-- I can't find it on the current site (this is the closest: https://sftt.org/david-hackworth/), nor on the archived site: https://web.archive.org/web/20050511000114/http://www.sftt.org:80/main.cfm / https://web.archive.org/web/20050617022429/http://www.sftt.org:80/main.cfm / https://web.archive.org/web/20050702030511/http://www.sftt.org:80/main.cfm . --> (a [[defoliant]] used in Vietnam), and are lobbying the United States government to have the substance labeled a known carcinogen like the more famous [[Agent Orange]].

==== Works ====
; Books

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* {{Cite book |last1=Hackworth |first1=David H. |last2=Sherman |first2=Julie |date=1993 |title=Brave Men: The Blood-and-Guts Combat Chronicle of One of America's Most Decorated Soldiers |location=New York |publisher= Pocket Books|isbn=978-0671865603 |oclc=28441083}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Hackworth |first1=David H. |author1-mask=2 |last2=Matthews |first2=Tom |date=1996 |title=Hazardous Duty: America's Most Decorated Living Soldier Reports from the Front and Tells It the Way It Is |location=New York |publisher=William Morrow |isbn=978-0688147181 |oclc=34658741}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hackworth |first=David H. |author-mask=2 |date=1999 |title=Price of Honor |location=New York |publisher=Doubleday |isbn=978-0385491648 |oclc=41326266}} Novel.
* {{Cite book |last1=Hackworth |first1=David H. |author1-mask=2 |author2=S. L. A. "Slam" Marshall |author2-link=S. L. A. Marshall |date=2002 |title=The Vietnam Primer: Lessons Learned |location=New York |publisher=Twin Eagles Ink |isbn=978-0974099606 |oclc=54523979}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Hackworth |first1=David H. |author1-mask=2 |last2=England |first2=Eilhys |date=2002 |title=Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, United States Army, Vietnam |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-4613-2 |oclc=1342799570}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Hackworth |first1=David H. |author1-mask=2 |last2=Sherman |first2=Julie |date=2020 |title=About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bcv1DwAAQBAJ |location=New York |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781982144043 |oclc=1202533502}}
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; Journalism

Hackworth wrote articles for:

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* ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''
* ''[[Men's Journal]]''
* ''[[Modern Maturity (magazine)|Modern Maturity]]''
* ''[[Newsweek]]''
* ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]''
* ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''
* ''[[Playboy]]''
* ''[[Self (magazine)|Self]]''
* ''[[Soldier of Fortune (magazine)|Soldier of Fortune]]''
* ''[[WorldNetDaily]]''
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