described to him, the mission of the u.s. was noble. >> during the gulf war, battles on the ground are rare. but for mcveigh and his platoon, one bloody open counter stands out from the west. >> mcveigh looked into his pathfinder inside the turret of the bradley fighting vehicle and saw way out in the distance a group of iraqi soldiers. >> i put the cross hairs up there and pulled off my shot. and the next thing i saw was everything from above his shoulders disappear in red. it was like a redness. and the guy next to him dropped. i did kill them in self-defense. it was a single shot that got two guys. >> that moment for tim was a moment of pride. he did what he had been trained to do. did it very effectively. >> i think tim's time at war, as