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up your skills and the army's free ammunition. the military for me were some of the best years of my life. >> i think that mcveigh found success really for probably the first time in his life in the army. i think mcveigh was looking for some kind of family that would make him happy. >> as you look back at where i come from, it's a military background, military mindset, and i want to make clear that the military didn't brainwash me into thinking this way. the truth is that the military helped introduce me to the cruelty of the real world and the way things work. >> in november of 1990 in response to saddam hussein's invasion of kuwait, timothy mcveigh and his fort riley unit are shipped out to the persian gulf with the u.s. army's first infantry division. >> the gulf war for tim was sort of the culmination of his young military career. the way that that mission was
nichols part ways for the last time with nichols going home to his family. >> i headed toward oklahoma and i knew ahead of time i thought, am i going to be able to sleep, right? for the most part in the gulf war when b-52s would come over and do their carpet bombing, i was literally -- i could feel the ground under my sleeping bag. so sleeping on the back of a 7-,000 bomb was okay. >> the border of oklahoma is crisp and clear when the sun rises on april 19 1995. 100 miles north of oklahoma city timothy mcveigh wakes at dawn after sleeping soundly on the side of a highway in the cab of his rented ryder truck. now loaded with 7,000 pounds of explosives ready to ignite. >> he had initially intended to
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
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
is free imposition. the army years for me were some of the best years of my life. >> i think mcveigh probably found success for the first time in his life in the army. i think mcveigh was looking for some type of family that would make him happy. >> when i look back at where i come from, it's a military background, military mindset. i want to be clear that the military didn't brainwash me into thinking this way. the truth is that the military helped me in understanding the cruelty of the real world and the way things work. >> in november of 1990 in response to saddam huesseinhussein's invasion of kuwait timothy mcveigh is shipped out to the persian gulf with the first infantry division. >> the gulf war for tim was sort of the culmination of his young military career. the way that that mission was
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short as it is did teach him to kill. but then you start to see these people who are starving and suffering the effects of war and beginning to realize that the government is evil because it can go kill these innocent people. >> my overall experience in the gulf war taught me that these people were just that they are people. they are human beings that even though they see a different language, at the core they are no different than me right? then i had to reconcile that with the fact that well, i killed them. >> he couldn't believe that his government would be doing that and would be misleading people like him to do this. >> then after a failed tryout for the green berets mcveigh quit the military citing his mixed feelings about the government. >> then i realized i didn't like being someone's pawn because i felt i was abused in the gulf and it rubbed me the wrong way.
kill. but then you start to see these people who are starving and suffering the effects of war and beginning to realize that the government is evil because it can go kill these innocent people. >> my overall experience in the gulf war taught me that these people were just that, they were people. they were human beings that even though they speak a different language, at the core they're no different than me, right? then i had to reconcile that with the fact that, well, i killed them. >> he couldn't believe that his government would be doing that and would be misleading people like him to do this. >> then after a failed try-out for the green berets, mcveigh quits the military, citing his mixed feelings about the government. >> in the gulf i realized i didn't like being someone's pawn because i felt it was abusing the gulf, right, that just rubbed me the wrong way.
get a free sample of depend at underwareness.com in january 1993 timmy mcveigh is frustrated by the dead-end existence he's endured since leaving the army and is still shaken by his experiences in the gulf war. eager to figure out his mission in life mcveigh packs up his car and says good-bye to his quiet hometown of pendleton, new york. >> i left home for one year and one month. i said this neighborhood isn't the thing for me. i don't have a place here.
nichols part way for the last time. >> headed toward oklahoma, and i finally thought am i going to be able to sleep? right? for the most part i was at peace. in the gulf war when b-52s would do their carpet bombing, i can't feel the ground tremble underneath my sleeping bag, so sleeping on the back of a 7,000 pound bomb is no big deal. the weather along the kansas/oklahoma border is crisp and clear when the sun rises on the morning of april 19th, 1995. 100 miles north of oklahoma city, timothy mcveigh wakes at dawn after sleeping soundly on the side of the highway in the cab of his rented ryder truck. now loaded with 7,000 pounds of explosives, ready to ignite. >> he had initially intended to bomb the building at about 11:00 in the morning, but he finally