[3][2] In 1944, he joined the U.S. Army and was posted in Japan and the Philippines during the Second World War.
[7] He was sponsored by both The North Face, who provided him with camping equipment, and Nike, who supplied him with shoes, during his walk.
[2] On June 20, 1984, Hawk entered Crater Lake National Park after walking through ten states and still hoped to finish by his 60th birthday.
In 1992, he started in Dublin's Saint Patrick's Day parade of 1992, and by March 2008 has completed sixty-six countries.
[10] He reported on his website that he finished in January of 2012 when he crossed the boarder from Mexico into Texas.