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Of things but they were all done almost in a flawless manner and, you know, when i was later a commander under the commander in chief that was bush 43i had already knew that he would be good commander in chief but he just didnt have the combat experience, you could tell that was there but bush 41 really just did it right. carley: with that in mind, do you think hes been given enough credit for all that he accomplished during his 4 years in office? >> oh, absolutely not but you know what, knowing...

House, and tim would know this, because he shepherded a lot of people in. all of these democratic members of congress that were frequent guests to the white house. >> frankly, to the annoyance of some of the white house staff. >> thank you one and all for being here. do want to take one second to acknowledge before he was president, george h.w. bush was a fly boy, flying missions in the pacific. in 2002, cnn returned with him to the spot where in 1944 he had a close brush with death. >> i have a...

Other republicans or talking about democrats. i mean, i think one of the things too that i remember being a young staffer in the white house, and tim would know that because he shepherded a lot of people in, a lot of democratic friends from the white house who were frequent guests. >> thank you one and all for being here. we want to take one second to acknowledge before he was president, george h.w. bush was a flyboy, a world war ii pilot flying missions in the pacific. in 2002, cnn returned wit...

>> reporter: hoping to return to the pacific to the sited site off a combat experience that forever changed his life. >> im not haunted by anything other than the fact that i feel a responsibility still for the lives of the two people that were killed. >> the tower that we went after was up on this hill. >> reporter: former president george h.w. bush finally got a chance to go back and answer his questions. >> i wond wither who got out of the plan, why the chute didnt open for the other guy. why...

>> i wake up at night and think about it sometimes. could i have done something different? >> reporter: he had spent nearly a lifetime wondering. >> i have a clear picture of my parachute bleeg e blowing up. >> hoping to return to the pacific to the site of a combat experience he said forever changed his life. >> im not haunted by anything other than the fact i feel a responsibility still for the lives of the two people that were killed. >> the tower was up on this hill. >> reporter: 58 years af...

In support of the 24th infantry division, my division fighting in the philippines. all of us were just overwhelmed. i say that because it underscores he understood the consequences of war. he barely survive it himself. our chairman at the time, colin powell, had been badly wounded as a major in vietnam. a lot of combat experience, our joint commander in the gulf, norm schwarzkopf had been badly wounded in vietnam. so at the very top, you had our strategic planning being done by public servants w...

Intense aviation combat experience in world war ii. and by the way, he told my division at thanksgiving in saudi arabia one of his last missions flying off an aircraft carrier during world war ii was in support of the 24th infantry division, my division fighting in the philippines. all of us were just overwhelmed. i say that because it underscores he understood the consequences of war. he barely survive it himself. our chairman at the time, colin powell, had been badly wounded as a major in viet...

Missions flying off an aircraft carrier during world war ii was in support of the 24th infantry division, my division fighting in the philippines. all of us were just overwhelmed. i say that because it underscores he understood the consequences of war. he barely survive it himself. our chairman at the time, colin powell, had been badly wounded as a major in vietnam. a lot of combat experience, our joint commander in the gulf, norm schwartzkoff had been badly wounded in vietnam. at the very top, ...

Every veteran who puts on the uniform, you dont know what area you will be in, you dont know where you will go, when you will go there. you are put in a moment, you were put in a moment, and you were put in 485 days of moments. put us in your shoes. >> first of all, one of our first combat missions. i was the young 24-year-old kid. all of my noncommissioned officers, all of my soldiers in my platoon had more combat experience and i did, their boots and teachers had more experience in combat than...

Here. i want to start in the middle of it. in combat. every veteran who puts on the uniform, you dont know what area youre going to be in. you were put in an moment, put in a moment, put in a moment and put in 485 days of a moment. >> i was a young 24-year-old kid. all of my noncommissioned officers, all of the soldiers in the platoon had more combat experience than i did. their boots and experience had more experience in combat than i did but somehow i was supposed to be their leader. i was luc...