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About this time, i saw my platoon sergeant looking down at me. i had to literally make my way up to open up the hatches, so i used what strength i had left, and i just collapsed after that. i boug
>> now she hopes operation last chance will mean she lives to see all the men responsible for the atrocities of nazi germany finally brought to justice. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> powerful to hear her story. we're going to have more on the hunt to bring the last of the nazis to justice tomorrow. rabbi marvin hire from the simon wezenthal center will join us live with the details. we hope you'll join us tomorrow. a former sergeant in vietnam was the only survivor on his platoon. his life since the war has not been easy, but he has faced his challenges with courage and started a program to he...
Our next guest did it and what's more, he became the first amputee to complete the army's grueling school. he joins me from nashville. good morning, sergeant. congratulations on this amazing accomplishment and thank you so much for his service. >> appreciate it. thank you for having me here. >>gretchen: i would love to know what inspired you to want to become the first amputee to go through this grueling, grueling program. >> back in january i was major platoon sergeant and i didn't feel right sending my soldiers to aerosol school. i kind of feel like a hypocrite if i didn't go and sent my sol...
Continue to use that to their advantage because they're showing tolerance that will lead to our cultural suicide. >> i want to finish up on this. is it possible in a unit that you functioned in for 20 years to not know the guy next to you is a terrorist because you're so close, you share so much and train so often? >> well, i think that you have instances where you may want know anything about someone but mostly, we would know what was going on in our barracks and if we have soldiers that live off post, the platoon sergeant has the opportunity to go off and inspect their quarters off post and ...
>> no, not in new york, in d.c. p. >> in a diner. it improves dramatically but no food. it begins this morning with a massacre in afghanistan apparently by an american soldier and this morning as well. the taliban is vowing revenge. the soldiers from the joint base in washington state here's how it went down. door to door he went yesterday morning in kandahar province opening fire, i'll killing at least 16 people while they slept, many children. president karzai said the dead include 9 children, 3 women. and after the attacks the soldier then returned to his base and surrendered. pre...