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However, both his assignment with " Slam " Marshall and his time on staff duty at the Pentagon soured Hackworth on the Vietnam War.

One aspect of the latter required him to publicly defend the U. S. position on the war in a speaking tour.

Even with his reservations concerning the conflict, he refused to resign, feeling it was his duty as a field grade officer to wage the campaign as best he could.