army when he was just a 17-year-old kid. thought the military was a way to get into school easier. i told myself i was going to do it and made it through. he also comes from a family with a proud history of serving a nation. his father named george also had the tradition. my dad was in the air force he was killed during the vietnam conflict. joined when i was 17. my induction was at fort jackson when i originally joined when i leased it as well as physically. he was a scared little kid when he went to basic. they turned him into a young man. he was extremely put together well. basic training did an unbelievable job on him. i grew attached to the military more. eventually i couldn t wait to
leaving the army in december 2011. signed up the son they sent to me when he was 17 is not the same man they sent back to me. he is damaged goods in a way. i don t know. this is george s medical file starting where in 2010 in tunti present day. maybe a year and a half of medical files. this is a record of every appointment. 25 on each sheet. 275 appointmentsive taken. he probably has the equivalent of that many pages of prescription drugs. those who were hit with the bullets that came from hasan and they are suffering terrible both physical pain, ptsd which
the beach the two of us. we decided to do the wedding and then have a reception or something after i had gotten back. he was set to deploy and i knew that at the time we were getting married so we were kind of preparing for that. shawn s bride autumn was new to the military life. you have to get yourself prepared in the mind set for that. it s rough. you have no clue of what a deployment is about. this would have been my first time dealing with that. with their wedding reception delayed staff sergeant manning de prayered h prepared his unit. do you remember the last time you said good-bye to sean? it was october. it was at the airport. i dropped him off. she would see him sooner than she imaged. for another young soldier it was a different story. joined the military november 18th, 2008, in spokane, washington. left about two weeks after that. george stratton joined the army when he was just a 17-year-old kid. thought the military was a way to get into s
the beach the two of us. we decided to do the wedding and then have a reception or something after i had gotten back. he was set to deploy and i knew that at the time we were getting married so we were kind of preparing for that. shawn s bride autumn was new to the military life. you have to get yourself prepared in the mind set for that. it s rough. you have no clue of what a deployment is about. this would have been my first time dealing with that. with their wedding reception delayed staff sergeant manning de prayered h prepared his unit. do you remember the last time you said good-bye to sean? it was october. it was at the airport. i dropped him off. she would see him sooner than she imaged. for another young soldier it was a different story. joined the military november 18th, 2008, in spokane, washington. left about two weeks after that. george stratton joined the army when he was just a 17-year-old kid. thought the military was a way to get into s
going to attack fort hood tomorrow. how did the united states army and fbi miss the enemy within. do you believe the massacre could have been prevented? i do. that s the painful conclusion. there was a failure to act. the obama administration says no purple hearts will be avoided. what happened at fort hood almost 3 years ago should be addressed in the context of a broader threat of workplace violence. the big question is, why didn t anybody ever blow the whistle on hassan? i am bill hem mer. i am katherine jarrett. i am greg begun feld we are here on this episode of fox files. i wanted to help soldiers and i wanted to work in mental health. hiidaho native shawn manning comings with a family of a proud tradition of serving the nation. my father wgrandfather was i jemaah world war ii was a marine. he drove a tank. he was proud i joined the military. it was in october of 1999 when the 23-year-old followed in his grandfather s foot steps. what is yo