i support that vacation. sanjay, 10 eastern, 7 pacific. we are back, mary tillman, she is called danny, she remains with us, the mother of pat tillman this incredible special documentary will appear friday. joining us now nadia mccaffrey, the mother of sergeant patrick mccaffrey who was killed in iraq on june 2, 2004. and karen meredith is here, motor of lieutenant ken ballard, who was killed in iraq on may 30, 2004. in both cases, they were their only children. now, let s start with you, karen. the military tells you your son, ken, died from small arms fire. he saved the lives of 60 people. what did you learn about that that was not right? 15 months later, the military came to my house and told me that ken was killed by the accidental discharge of the
puzzles i guess people watching would be saying, what are they hiding now? okay, it was a tragedy, it was a mistake. own up to it. well, they just they don t want to own up to it. they want to stick by their story. larry: why? why didn t they keep their mouth shut? they don t want to admit they re wrong. they are a bunch of narcissists. i think so much of this was deliberate, it wasn t a matter of accidents or making poor judgment. this was an orchestrated cover-up. what s interesting is that ken ballard, he was killed the day after pat s fratricide went
no black ber floirks ipod, no laptop. unthinkable? i think i would have a hard time. we have it all ahead, larry, at the top of the hour. i support that vacation. sanjay, 10 eastern, 7 pacific. we are back, mary tillman, she is called danny, she remains with us, the mother of pat tillman this incredible special documentary will appear friday. joining us now nadia mccaffrey, the mother of sergeant patrick mccaffrey who was killed in iraq on june 2, 2004. and karen meredis is here, motor of lieutenant ken ballard, who was killed in iraq on may 30, 2004. in both cases, they were their only children. now, let s start with you, karen. the military tells you your son, ken, died from small arms fire. he saved the lives of 60 people. what did you learn about that that was not right? 15 months later, the military
came to my house and told me that ken was killed by the accidental discharge of the m-240 machine gun on his tank that a tree branch engage it had while he was moving, adjusting the vehicle to turn around to finish the night finish the mission. larry: how did you react? i was shocked. they called me the day before and told me that they were that the military was coming to my house. when his captain, now major, john moore, came to my house or called me three weeks after ken was killed, he didn t allude to anything. it was just single gunshot wound to the head. and his colonel, colonel pat white, never called me. he just wrote me a letter. so i had no opportunity to find out what the truth was. you wonder why they hold back the truth? in this case, i think it was incompetence from his unit. they had actually just been extended and they were in heavy
pat s a [ bleep ] champion. larry: how many others have died like this? how many families have been lied to about their sons and husbands and wives with and daughters in the military? it s next on larry king live. larry: good evening, it is good to be back a word about tomorrow night s show, dr. laura will be here for an exclusive interview regarding her controversial remarks last week. now on to tonight. mary tillman, known as danny, pat tillman s mother, author of the book boots on the ground by dusk she joins us from mountain view, california. pat tillman, senior is pat tillman s father, near los angeles. the compelling story about the death of pat tillman in 2004 and the controversy followed it opens this week. here s a clip. the top secret internal communique, known as a p-4 people mothers sent just seven days after pat s death and a full month before the family learned of the frat transside. the p-4 memo states they must warn the president about this because