two kinda flaky Icons who were legends in their own minds. Both did some good things, both got a little carried away with themselves IMO. I've got the dubious distinction of having served near but not with both, though I did get placed OpCon to Hackworth once. that was interesting. And I did see Herbert's interplay with another Major named Reifsnyder at Green Ramp -- it was not the way Herbert told it in the book.
I've heard pro and con on his 173d time so I suspect the truth is, as usual, somewhere in between. Though his bad guy in the book, then LTC Ross Franklyn, was, indeeed, a piece of work....
Last I heard, he'd gotten a PhD in Psych and was practicing as a Psychologist in Denver. For some vague reason I remember he's about a year older than I am so that means he's 77 (+ or -).
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