Talk:David Hackworth

"No references" ?

The article has a tag: "This article does not cite any references or sources." Yet, reading the article, there are references. Much of the bio material is probably pulled from his book About Face -- at least, it agrees with it. Harvard yarrd

What is this?

"and his exploits at the time were rivaled only by the loyalty of his troops and the growth in his leadership skills and style."

What the heck is this - it's supposed to be a biographical statement? I can't believe that the person who wrote this ever spent a day in military service. This is terrible writing; overwrought crap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.106.217.125 (talk) 09:41, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Silver Star?

He has a Silver Star with a Silver Star?

This is probably utterly self-explanatory for military award buffs, but unintelligible for normal people. How can he have a two Silver Stars, if oak leafs are already factored in? Why does Wikipedia differ from the source?

Please provide a better explanation. ---- 79.223.3.206 (talk) 16:22, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Hackworth had 10 Silver Stars. The ribbon is for one award, the silver oak leaf denotes five more, and the three bronze oak leaves make it a total of nine. A ribbon has room for only four oak leaf clusters. The only way to make the math work for 10 awards of the same medal is to add a second ribbon to signify it. If he'd had 11 Silver Stars, one ribbon with two silver oak leaves would have worked. But with 10, the only way to display it is with two ribbons, based on how may oak leaves can fit on a ribbon.

Billmckern (talk) 11:21, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Peacock

In 2015 an IP editor added the peacock tag to the article, see this diff. There does not appear to be any discussion regarding it. Perhaps it is time that the tag be removed?--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 05:16, 16 March 2018 (UTC) The Silver Star on the Silver Star is for 5 Silver Stars; he has a total of Ten Silver Stars! Maj (R) JD Ritter, Vietnam 67-68, Tet Suvivor — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:3C7:8300:83A0:B01A:F311:457C:E261 (talk) 00:04, 26 September 2019 (UTC)