
144: We Lie To Ourselves. An Interview with Col. David Hackworth.
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The Disintegration of the US Army in Vietnam
What we saw between 1965 and 1973 when the last US forces went out was a total disintegration. They were an army of hippies and they didn't have discipline. Had the war continued for a few more years, we're seeing at the end by 1973, units refusing to fight. I had the ability to motivate people. Even though a guy might be a pacifist, in a few days he was hunting for Charlie. I never had a problem in terms of getting soldiers to fight.
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