NPR’s Fresh Air replayed an old interview with Col. David H. Hackworth, who just passed away:
Hackworth died on Wednesday at the age of 74 from bladder cancer. He was the youngest full colonel in the Vietnam War, and was reputed to the model for the Col. Kurtz character played by Marlon Brando in the movie Apocalypse Now. He later decried the American military effort in Vietnam. When he left the Army, he moved to Australia where he was active in the peace and disarmament movements. This interview was originally broadcast on April 26, 1989.
The Col. Kurtz connection seems misplaced, but he did run a brothel for his men, and he did run a heroin-amnesty program for them too. This kept both problems under control.