McVeigh left the gulf in April 1991, a month before his comrades, because he won a place in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

June 11 -- Timothy McVeigh wasn't always at war with his government. Not too long ago, the quiet young man from upstate New York risked his life for his country, earning a Bronze Star in the Gulf War.

An MSNBC documentary about the Oklahoma City bomber Timothy J. McVeigh shows him speaking dispassionately and impersonally about his terrorist act that killed 168 people 15 years ago.