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 encounter stands out from the rest. >> mcveigh looked into his pathfinder inside the turit of the bradley fighting vehicle and saw way out in the distance a group of iraqi soldiers. >> i put the crosshairs up there, pulled up my shot and the next thing i saw is everything from above his shoulders disappeared in red dust, it was like a red mist 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'd been trained to do, did it very effectively. >> i think tim's time at war, as short as it is, did teach him to