Admiral Boorda Memorial Service
Defense Department officials eulogized Admiral Jeremy “Mike” Boorda at a memorial service. He died last week.
Hazardous Duty
1996-10-14T10:45:14-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/capitol.jpgColonel Hackworth talked about his new book, Hazardous Duty: America’s Most Decorated Living Soldier Reports from the Front and Tells It the Way It Is. He criticizes the military for preparing for the wrong type of war and talks about his investigation of Admiral Jeremy Boorda, the chief of Naval Operations who committed suicide in the face of allegations of wearing medals he had not earned. He took questions from the audience.
Colonel Hackworth talked about his new book, Hazardous Duty: America’s Most Decorated Living Soldier Reports from the Front and Tells It… read more
Colonel Hackworth talked about his new book, Hazardous Duty: America’s Most Decorated Living Soldier Reports from the Front and Tells It the Way It Is. He criticizes the military for preparing for the wrong type of war and talks about his investigation of Admiral Jeremy Boorda, the chief of Naval Operations who committed suicide in the face of allegations of wearing medals he had not earned. He took questions from the audience. close
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