Description: Sgt. Hack, David D. Hack, is the voice of veterans wanting to have their stories heard. Visit to find out more about the book regarding Hack's Life.
Sarge has overcome many challenges in his life, including an impoverished childhood, an abusive father, life-threatening wounds received during his stint in Vietnam for which he received a second purple heart, homelessness, and most recently an unjustified and relentless smear campaign which dwells on past statements that have been corrected by Sgt Hack. These attacks are carried out by haters who are on a cyberstalking witch-hunt. Although he still carries both physical and emotional scars from these chall
David Hack grew up in abject poverty, living in a dirt-floor shack in rural Sunfish, KY before moving to Louisville. In 1957, at the age of 17, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard and served for four years. In 1964, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, volunteering for Ranger training. He was eventually assigned to the Ranger Department at Fort Benning, GA, in 1965, fully believing he was on track for Ranger School training. But based on his prior service in the Coast Guard, he was immediately assigned to serve as a Ha
It is here that he gained nationwide recognition as a top Army recruiter. His distinctive recruiting methods raised a few eyebrows but got excellent results: "Sgt. Hack Wants You" t-shirts, a custom painted Corvette, and a customized military jeep were just some of the unorthodox tools that Sarge employed to become the nation's #1 U.S. Army recruiter from 1969 to 1973. In fact, Sarge's jeep, the Hackmobile , is on display at the Don F. Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell, KY; the only other jeep to be enshrined a